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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Over 23.5 million people are in need of treatment for illegal drugs like Flakka.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.

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