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Drug Facts

  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Young adults from 18-25 are 50% more than any other age group.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • 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.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.

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