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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.

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