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Drug Facts

  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.

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