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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • 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.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.

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