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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.

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