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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.

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