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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • 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.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • 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illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.

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