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Drug Facts

  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.

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