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Drug Facts

  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 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
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Adderall is a Schedule II controlled substance, meaning that it has a high potential for addiction.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.

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