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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • By 8th grade 15% of kids have used marijuana.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • 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.
  • 77% of college students who abuse steroids also abuse at least one other substance.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.

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