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Drug Facts

  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • 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
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Rohypnol (The Date Rape Drug) is more commonly known as "roofies".
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.

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