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Drug Facts

  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.

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