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Drug Facts

  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or greater.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.

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