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in Pennsylvania

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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more quickly and thus brings an intense and immediatebut very short-livedhigh that lasts about fifteen minutes.
  • 8.6% of 12th graders have used hallucinogens 4% report on using LSD specifically.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.

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