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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Today, teens are 10 times more likely to use Steroids than in 1991.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 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
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Texas is one of the hardest states on drug offenses.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.

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