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Drug Facts

  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Meth causes severe paranoia episodes such as hallucinations and delusions.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.

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