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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • 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.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.

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