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Drug Facts

  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.

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