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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • 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).
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.

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