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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • 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
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.

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