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Drug Facts

  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • Hallucinogens (also known as 'psychedelics') can make a person see, hear, smell, feel or taste things that aren't really there or are different from how they are in reality.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Opiate-based abuse causes over 17,000 deaths annually.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.

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