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Drug Facts

  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • 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.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club 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.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.

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