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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Emergency room admissions due to Subutex abuse has risen by over 200% in just three years.
  • 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.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.

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