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Drug Facts

  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.

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