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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Psychic side effects of hallucinogens include the disassociation of time and space.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.

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