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Drug Facts

  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.

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