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Drug Facts

  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • 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.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.

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