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Drug Facts

  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous drugs known to man.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • 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.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.

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