Drugs Facts

There's More to Addiction Than The Type of Drug Used.

Kids Are More Likely to Get Illegal Drugs Than Cigarettes or Alcohol.

There's A Heroin Clinic in Switzerland Where No One Has Died of Overdose.

More than 85% of People Who Use Heroin Don't Become Addicts.

Cocaine only cost $700/kg to produce, but sells in the US for $100/gram.

In 1994, a 75-pound bag of cocaine fell out of a plane and landed in the middle of a Florida crime watch meeting.

Cocaine can cause you to forget some of your memories.

Children and teens who use alcohol and drugs are more likely to have a substance use disorder as adults.

Nearly half of college students use illicit drugs.

Study after study has found that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.

42% of people in the U.S. have tried marijuana at least once.

Only about 9% of marijuana users become clinically dependent, according to a study.