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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • 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.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.

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