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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.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Rates of K2 Spice use have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • 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.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.

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