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Drug Facts

  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.

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