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Drug Facts

  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • There were over 190,000 hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2008 due to inhalant poisoning.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Many smokers say they have trouble cutting down on the amount of cigarettes they smoke. This is a sign of addiction.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Rock, Kryptonite, Base, Sugar Block, Hard Rock, Apple Jacks, and Topo (Spanish) are popular terms used for Crack Cocaine.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.

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