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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.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.

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