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Drug Facts

  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported 153,000 current heroin users in the US.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • 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
  • 1/3 of teenagers who live in states with medical marijuana laws get their pot from other people's prescriptions.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Ecstasy can stay in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • In the United States, deaths from pain medication abuse are outnumbering deaths from traffic accidents in young adults.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.

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