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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • The effects of synthetic drug use can include: anxiety, aggressive behavior, paranoia, seizures, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting and even coma or death.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Alcohol-Impaired-Driving Fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a BAC of 0.08 g/dL or greater.
  • There are 2,200 alcohol poisoning deaths in the US each year.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.

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