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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Alcohol can impair hormone-releasing glands causing them to alter, which can lead to dangerous medical conditions.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • 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
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • 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.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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