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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • 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.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • 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.

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