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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • In 2005, 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. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.

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