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Drug Facts

  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • 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.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Alprazolam is held accountable for about 125,000 emergency-room visits each year.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • 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
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.

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