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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Substance Use Treatment at a Specialty Facility: Treatment received at a hospital (inpatient only), rehabilitation facility (inpatient or outpatient), or mental health center to reduce alcohol use, or to address medical problems associated with alcohol use.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • 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.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.

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