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Drug Facts

  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine) is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • The United States consumes 80% of the world's pain medication while only having 6% of the world's population.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.

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