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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Despite 20 years of scientific evidence showing that drug treatment programs do work, the feds fail to offer enough of them to prisoners.
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • 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.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • PCP (known as Angel Dust) stays in the system 1-8 days.
  • Pure Cocaine is extracted from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.

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