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Drug Facts

  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.

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