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Drug Facts

  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Over 20 million individuals were abusing Darvocet before any limitations were put on the drug.
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • The United States produces on average 300 tons of barbiturates per year.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.

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