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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • 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.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.

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