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Drug Facts

  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • 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.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Cocaine is one of the most dangerous and potent drugs, with the great potential of causing seizures and heart-related injuries such as stopping the heart, whether one is a short term or long term user.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • 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
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

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