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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.

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