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Drug Facts

  • 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).
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.

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