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Drug Facts

  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • At this time, medical professionals recommended amphetamine as a cure for a range of ailmentsalcohol hangover, narcolepsy, depression, weight reduction, hyperactivity in children, and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Studies in 2013 show that over 1.7 million Americans reported using tranquilizers like Ativan for non-medical reasons.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.

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