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Drug Facts

  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • 15.2% of 8th graders report they have used Marijuana.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.

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