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Drug Facts

  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.

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