RISE.
RISE.
Read the ‘wall of facts’….
“Yeah, I know those drugs got you held captive…I can see it in your eyes, they got your mind captured…Some say it’s fun to get the high but I am not laughing.”
– Nathan Feuerstein (NF)
people leave each day. don’t follow them to the grave by abusing illegal drugs.
Drug overdose deaths rose from 547 in 1999 to 23,837 in 2020. (According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Over 100 people overdose every day. (According to the National Conference of State Legislatures)
13 is the average age kids experiment with drugs. (According to the Alpine Recovery Lodge)
50% of all suicides, 50% of all violent crimes, and 50% of all traffic accidents are caused by alcohol and/or drugs. (According to the Alpine Recovery Lodge)
Alcohol is the 3rd most common cause of death in the United States. (According to the Alpine Recovery Lodge)
57.9% of young adults ages 18 to 25 participated in illegal drug use at some point in their life. (According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
More than 600 billion is lost annually due to substance abuse. (According to the Alpine Recovery Lodge)
17% of adults ages 26 and older have used cocaine at some point in their life. (According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
In 2012, about 243 million people globally between the ages of 15 to 64 had used an illicit drug at least once in the previous year. (According to DrugWarFacts.org)
From 2000-2013, the rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly quadrupled from 0.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2000 to 2.7 deaths per 100,000 in 2013. (According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
Some 27 million people are problem drug users, almost half of whom are people who inject drugs. (According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. (According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention)
Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the most common drugs involved in overdose deaths. (According to the NIDA.)
42% of pills tested for fentanyl contained at least 2 mg of fentanyl, considered a potentially lethal dose. (According to the DEA)
Unless a drug is prescribed by a licensed medical professional and dispensed by a legitimate pharmacy, you can't know if it’s fake or legitimate. And without laboratory testing, there’s no way to know the amount of fentanyl in an individual pill or how much may have been added to another drug. This is especially dangerous because of fentanyl's potency. (According to the DEA)
There is a clear link between depression and substance abuse. (According to Newport Academy)
Nearly half of college students use illicit drugs. (According to Newport Academy)
Drug overdose deaths in the US since 2000 are nearing one million. (According to Drug Abuse Statistics.)
The number of overdose deaths increases at an annual rate of 4.0% (According to Drug Abuse Statistics.)