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Drug Facts

  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Drug use can interfere with the healthy birth of a baby.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • At least half of the suspects arrested for murder and assault were under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.

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