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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • 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
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.

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