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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • High dosages of ketamine can lead to the feeling of an out of body experience or even death.
  • 49.8% of those arrested used crack in the past.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • 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.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Inhalants are a form of drug use that is entirely too easy to get and more lethal than kids comprehend.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Stimulants can increase energy and enhance self esteem.
  • 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.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.

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