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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • The Canadian government reports that 90% of their mescaline is a combination of PCP and LSD
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • 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
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.

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