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Drug Facts

  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Marijuana had the highest rates of dependence out of all illicit substances in 2011.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.

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