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Drug Facts

  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • Coke Bugs or Snow Bugs are an illusion of bugs crawling underneath one's skin and often experienced by Crack Cocaine users.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.

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