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Drug Facts

  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • 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.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Amphetamines + alcohol, cannabis or benzodiazepines: the body is placed under a high degree of stress as it attempts to deal with the conflicting effects of both types of drugs, which can lead to an overdose.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Deaths related to painkillers have risen by over 180% over the last ten years.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.

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