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Drug Facts

  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 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.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.

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