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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • From 2011 to 2016, bath salt use has declined by almost 92%.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • 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
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • The U.S. poisoned industrial Alcohols made in the country, killing a whopping 10,000 people in the process.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.

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