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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Approximately 28% of Utah adults 18-25 indicated binge drinking in the past months of 2006.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.

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