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Drug Facts

  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Bath Salts attributed to approximately 22,000 ER visits in 2011.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Drugs and alcohol do not discriminate no matter what your gender, race, age or political affiliation addiction can affect you if you let it.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.

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