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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.

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