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Drug Facts

  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Heroin can be injected, smoked or snorted
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.

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