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Drug Facts

  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • 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
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables and grains.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Underage Drinking: Alcohol use by anyone under the age of 21. In the United States, the legal drinking age is 21.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.

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