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Drug Facts

  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • 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).
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • 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.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.

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