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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports 85 percent of inmates arrive at the state prison with a history of substance abuse.

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