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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • 'Crack' is Cocaine cooked into rock form by processing it with ammonia or baking soda.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Soon following its introduction, Cocaine became a common household drug.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink

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