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Drug Facts

  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • 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.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • 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).
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • 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.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death

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