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in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • 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.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.

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