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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.

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