Drug Facts

Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.