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Drug Facts

  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Nitrates are also inhalants that come in the form of leather cleaners and room deodorizers.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • 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.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.

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