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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Ketamine has risen by over 300% in the last ten years.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Ecstasy use has been 12 times more prevalent since it became known as club drug.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • According to some studies done by two Harvard psychiatrists, Dr. Harrison Pope and Kurt Brower, long term Steroid abuse can mimic symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • In 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Alcohol blocks messages trying to get to the brain, altering a person's vision, perception, movements, emotions and hearing.
  • From 2011 to 2016, bath salt use has declined by almost 92%.

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