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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.

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