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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • 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
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.

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