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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.

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