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Drug Facts

  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • 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.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.

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