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Drug Facts

  • 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).
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • In Utah, more than 95,000 adults and youths need substance-abuse treatment services, according to the Utah Division of Substance and Mental Health 2007 annual report.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 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
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.

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