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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Believe it or not, marijuana is NOT a medicine.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.

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