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Drug Facts

  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Over 53 Million Oxycodone prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 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).
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.

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