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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • By 8th grade, before even entering high school, approximately have of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes and 20% have used marijuana.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • 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.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.

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