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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.

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