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Drug Facts

  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • 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.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • In Alabama during the year 2006 a total of 20,340 people were admitted to Drug rehab or Alcohol rehab programs.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 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.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".

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