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Drug Facts

  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • 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
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.

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