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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • LSD disrupts the normal functioning of the brain, making you see images, hear sounds and feel sensations that seem real but aren't.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.

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