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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • Methadone was created by chemists in Germany in WWII.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Millions of dollars per month are spent trafficking illegal drugs.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • 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.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • 100 people die every day from drug overdoses. This rate has tripled in the past 20 years.
  • 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
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.

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