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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • 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.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • 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.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.

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