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Drug Facts

  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".

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