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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.

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