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Drug Facts

  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Methamphetamine is taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in water or alcohol and injected.
  • Nicotine is just as addictive as heroin, cocaine or alcohol. That's why it's so easy to get hooked.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.

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