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Drug Facts

  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • In 2011, a Pennsylvania couple stabbed the walls in their apartment to attack the '90 people living in their walls.'
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • In 2013, over 50 million prescriptions were written for Alprazolam.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • In medical use, there is controversy about whether the health benefits of prescription amphetamines outweigh its risks.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.

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