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Drug Facts

  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • Cocaine comes in two forms. One is a powder and the other is a rock. The rock form of cocaine is referred to as crack cocaine.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • Victims of predatory drugs often do not realize taking the drug or remember the sexual assault taking place.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.

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