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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • 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.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Rohypnol has no odor or taste so it can be put into someone's drink without being detected, which has lead to it being called the "Date Rape Drug".
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.

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