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Drug Facts

  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • 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
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 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.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.

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