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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Amphetamine withdrawal is characterized by severe depression and fatigue.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Adderall is linked to cases of sudden death due to heart complications.
  • Alprazolam is a generic form of the Benzodiazepine, Xanax.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • 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.

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