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Drug Facts

  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.

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