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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.

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