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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • By the 8th grade, 28% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 15% have smoked cigarettes, and 16.5% have used marijuana.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.

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