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Drug Facts

  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • 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.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 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).
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.

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