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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • 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.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.

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