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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • 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.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • 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 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.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.

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