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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.

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