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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • 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.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.

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