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Drug Facts

  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • 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).
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.

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