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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • 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.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.

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