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Drug Facts

  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Over 30 million people abuse Crystal Meth worldwide.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Over 60% of all deaths from overdose are attributed to prescription drug abuse.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Never, absolutely NEVER, buy drugs over the internet. It is not as safe as walking into a pharmacy. You honestly do not know what you are going to get or who is going to intervene in the online message.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • One in ten high school seniors in the US admits to abusing prescription painkillers.

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