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Drug Facts

  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • 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.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • In the early 1900s snorting Cocaine was popular, until the drug was banned by the Harrison Act in 1914.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.

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