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Drug Facts

  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Oxycodone stays in the system 1-10 days.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • 3.3 million deaths, or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4.0 percent for women), were attributable to alcohol consumption.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.
  • Cocaine increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • In the 20th Century Barbiturates were Prescribed as sedatives, anesthetics, anxiolytics, and anti-convulsants
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.

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