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Drug Facts

  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.

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