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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • 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.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.

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