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Drug Facts

  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Nationally, illicit drug use has more than doubled among 50-59-year-old since 2002
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • American dies from a prescription drug overdose every 19 minutes.
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.

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