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Drug Facts

  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.

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