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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 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.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.

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