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Drug Facts

  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted

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