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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • 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
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Ketamine is popular at dance clubs and "raves", unfortunately, some people (usually female) are not aware they have been dosed.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.

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