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Drug Facts

  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • 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
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.

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