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Drug Facts

  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.

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