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Drug Facts

  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • 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.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.

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