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Drug Facts

  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • 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.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • More than 16.3 million adults are impacted by Alcoholism in the U.S. today.

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