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Drug Facts

  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • 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
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • In 1860, the United States was home to 1,138 Alcohol distilleries that produced over 88 million gallons each year.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • In 2011, over 65 million doses of Krokodil were seized within just three months.
  • 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.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • 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.

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