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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.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Some common names for anabolic steroids are Gear, Juice, Roids, and Stackers.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.

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