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Drug Facts

  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • 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.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.

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