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Drug Facts

  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Nearly one third of mushroom users reported heightened levels of anxiety.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.

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