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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Around 16 million people at this time are abusing prescription medications.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • Over 3 million prescriptions for Suboxone were written in a single year.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.

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