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Drug Facts

  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.

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