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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • 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.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).

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