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Drug Facts

  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.

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