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Drug Facts

  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 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
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.

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