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Drug Facts

  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their 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.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.

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