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Drug Facts

  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 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.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Gases can be medical products or household items or commercial products.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.

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