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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.

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