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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.

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