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Drug Facts

  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia

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