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Drug Facts

  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.

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