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Drug Facts

  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Stimulants such as caffeine can be found in coffee, tea and most soft drinks.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • There were approximately 160,000 amphetamine and methamphetamine related emergency room visits in 2011.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • 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.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Over 23.5 million people need treatment for illegal drugs.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.

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