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Drug Facts

  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.

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