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Drug Facts

  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • 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.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Ritalin can cause aggression, psychosis and an irregular heartbeat that can lead to death.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28

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