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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • From 2011 to 2016, bath salt use has declined by almost 92%.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.

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