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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • 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.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Out of every 100 people who try, only between 5 and 10 will actually be able to stop smoking on their own.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Women born after World War 2 were more inclined to become alcoholics than those born before 1943.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.

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