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Drug Facts

  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • 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.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • 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.
  • Most people try heroin for the first time in their late teens or early 20s. Anyone can become addictedall races, genders, and ethnicities.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.

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