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Drug Facts

  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • 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.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.

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