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Drug Facts

  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Even if you smoke just a few cigarettes a week, you can get addicted to nicotine in a few weeks or even days. The more cigarettes you smoke, the more likely you are to become addicted.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Over 2.3 million adolescents were reported to be abusing prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.

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