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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • 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.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • 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.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Bath Salts do not cause cannibalistic behavior.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.

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