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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 2007, 33 counties in California reported the seizure of clandestine labs, compared with 21 counties reporting seizing labs in 2006.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • The same year, an Ohio man broke into a stranger's home to decorate for Christmas.
  • Drug addiction treatment programs are available for each specific type of drug from marijuana to heroin to cocaine to prescription medication.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • People who abuse anabolic steroids usually take them orally or inject them into the muscles.

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