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Drug Facts

  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Studies show that 11 percent of male high schoolers have reported using Steroids at least once.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • 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
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.

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