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Drug Facts

  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Brand names of Bath Salts include Blizzard, Blue Silk, Charge+, Ivory Snow, Ivory Wave, Ocean Burst, Pure Ivory, Purple Wave, Snow Leopard, Stardust, Vanilla Sky, White Dove, White Knight and White Lightning.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.

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