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Drug Facts

  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • 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).
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.

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