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Drug Facts

  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • 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.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Almost 50% of high school seniors have abused a drug of some kind.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.

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