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Drug Facts

  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • In 2007 The California Department of Toxic Substance Control was responsible for clandestine meth lab cleanup costs in Butte County totaling $26,876.00.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • 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'.
  • 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.

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