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Drug Facts

  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.

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