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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.

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