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Drug Facts

  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • 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.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • 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.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.

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