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Drug Facts

  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • 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.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Roughly 20 percent of college students meet the criteria for an AUD.29
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Meth use in the United States varies geographically, with the highest rate of use in the West and the lowest in the Northeast.

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