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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.

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