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Drug Facts

  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.

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