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Drug Facts

  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 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.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • 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.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • 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.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.

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