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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Within the last ten years' rates of Demerol abuse have risen by nearly 200%.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.

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