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Drug Facts

  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.

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