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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Methadone accounts for nearly one third of opiate-associated deaths.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • 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.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • 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
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease

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