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Drug Facts

  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 193,717 people were admitted to Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs in California in 2006.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Bath Salts do not cause cannibalistic behavior.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.

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