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Drug Facts

  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 6.5% of high school seniors smoke pot daily, up from 5.1% five years ago. Meanwhile, less than 20% of 12th graders think occasional use is harmful, while less than 40% see regular use as harmful (lowest numbers since 1983).
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.

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