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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine in their lifetime.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • Methamphetamine can cause cardiac damage, elevates heart rate and blood pressure, and can cause a variety of cardiovascular problems, including rapid heart rate, irregular heartbeat, and increased blood pressure.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • 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.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • 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.

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