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Drug Facts

  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.

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