The most recent national and state surveys indicate that inhalant abuse reaches its peak at some point during the sixth through the ninth grades.
The drug categories with the largest number of past year initiates among drug using individuals aged 12 or older in 2010 were marijuana (2.4 million) and nonmedical use of pain relievers (2.0 million).
The sale of prescription narcotics such as Lortab in the U.S. is a $10 billion dollar per year market.
The risk of addiction and dependence to Valium is very high, and the label on a bottle of Valium even says so.