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Drug Facts

  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • 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.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.

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