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Drug Facts

  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Nearly 6,700 people each day abused a psychotropic medication for the first time.
  • Adderall was brought to the prescription drug market as a new way to treat A.D.H.D in 1996, slowly replacing Ritalin.
  • 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.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1

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