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Drug Facts

  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • 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
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Between 2006 and 2010, 9 out of 10 antidepressant patents expired, resulting in a huge loss of pharmaceutical companies.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • 1 in every 9 high school seniors has tried synthetic marijuana (also known as 'Spice' or 'K2').
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.

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