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Drug Facts

  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • 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.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.

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