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Drug Facts

  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • 18 percent of drivers killed in a crash tested positive for at least one drug.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • 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.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.

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