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Drug Facts

  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • 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 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • In 2012, Ambien was prescribed 43.8 million times in the United States.
  • 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.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.

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