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Drug Facts

  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970'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.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • There are more than 200 identified synthetic drug compounds and more than 90 different synthetic drug marijuana compounds.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.

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