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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.
  • Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Steroids can cause disfiguring ailments such as baldness in girls and severe acne in all who use them.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • 60% of seniors don't see regular marijuana use as harmful, but THC (the active ingredient in the drug that causes addiction) is nearly 5 times stronger than it was 20 years ago.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.

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