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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • 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.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.

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