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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.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.

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