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Drug Facts

  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.

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