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Drug Facts

  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • 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
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.

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