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Drug Facts

  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Over 23.5 million people are in need of treatment for illegal drugs like Flakka.
  • Nearly one in every three emergency room admissions is attributed to opiate-based painkillers.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • 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
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Taking Ecstasy can cause liver failure.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.

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