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Drug Facts

  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • 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
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • More than 9 in 10 people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • LSD (or its full name: lysergic acid diethylamide) is a potent hallucinogen that dramatically alters your thoughts and your perception of reality.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.

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