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in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • 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.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.

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