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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.

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