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Drug Facts

  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • 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.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Stimulants are found in every day household items such as tobacco, nicotine and daytime cough medicine.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.

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