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Drug Facts

  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Drug addiction and abuse costs the American taxpayers an average of $484 billion each year.
  • Cocaine first appeared in American society in the 1880s.
  • 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.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.

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