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Drug Facts

  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.
  • 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.
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • 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.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Ambien can cause severe allergic reactions such as hives, breathing problems and swelling of the mouth, tongue and throat.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.

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