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Drug Facts

  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Drug conspiracy laws were set up to win the war on drugs.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Alprazolam contains powerful addictive properties.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Most users sniff or snort cocaine, although it can also be injected or smoked.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.

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