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Drug Facts

  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 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.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • 50% of teens believe that taking prescription drugs is much safer than using illegal street drugs.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.

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