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Drug Facts

  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • The coca leaf is mainly located in South America and its consumption has dated back to 3000 BC.
  • 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.
  • High doses of Ritalin lead to similar symptoms such as other stimulant abuse, including tremors and muscle twitching, paranoia, and a sensation of bugs or worms crawling under the skin.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • 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.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.

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