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Drug Facts

  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • 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.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • For every dollar that you spend on treatment of substance abuse in the criminal justice system, it saves society on average four dollars.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • Long-term effects from use of crack cocaine include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.

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