Drug Facts

37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.