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Drug Facts

  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • 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.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • K2 and Spice are synthetic marijuana compounds, also known as cannabinoids.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.

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