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Drug Facts

  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.

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