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Drug Facts

  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • 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.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • 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.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.

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