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Drug Facts

  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • 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.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.

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