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Drug Facts

  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.

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