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Drug Facts

  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.

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