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Drug Facts

  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • 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.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.

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