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Drug Facts

  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • 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.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.

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