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Drug Facts

  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.

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