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Drug Facts

  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • 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.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 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.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.

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