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Drug Facts

  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 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.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • 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

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