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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.

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