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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • 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.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • 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.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.

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