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Drug Facts

  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Bath Salts do not cause cannibalistic behavior.
  • Dual Diagnosis treatment is specially designed for those suffering from an addiction as well as an underlying mental health issue.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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 is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal

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