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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 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
  • Two-thirds of the ER visits related to Ambien were by females.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.

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