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Drug Facts

  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • 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.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Methamphetamine has many nicknamesmeth, crank, chalk or speed being the most common.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • Ketamine hydrochloride, or 'K,' is a powerful anesthetic designed for use during operations and medical procedures.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 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
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.

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