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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 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.

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