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Drug Facts

  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • 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
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.

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