Drug Facts

The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.