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Drug Facts

  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Over 13 million individuals abuse stimulants like Dexedrine.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1

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