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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Ambien is a sedative-hypnotic known to cause hallucinations, suicidal thoughts and death.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 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
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.

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