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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants

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