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Drug Facts

  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.

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