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Drug Facts

  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • 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.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • 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.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • 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.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Adderall is popular on college campuses, with black markets popping up to supply the demand of students.

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