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Drug Facts

  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Alcohol is a sedative.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.

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