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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • GHB is usually ingested in liquid form and is most similar to a high dosage of alcohol in its effect.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Rates of illicit drug use is highest among those aged 18 to 25.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.

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