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Drug Facts

  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.

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