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Drug Facts

  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • 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.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.

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