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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.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.

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