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Drug Facts

  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 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.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • 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.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.

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