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Drug Facts

  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 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.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3

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