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Drug Facts

  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.

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