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Drug Facts

  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.

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