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Drug Facts

  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 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
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.

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