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Drug Facts

  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • 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.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • 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.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • 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.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.

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