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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.

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