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Drug Facts

  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.

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