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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • 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
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.

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