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Drug Facts

  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • 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.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • 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.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.

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