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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.

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