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Drug Facts

  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • 64% of teens say they have used prescription pain killers that they got from a friend or family member.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • In 2014, over 354,000 U.S. citizens were daily users of Crack.

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