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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.

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