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Drug Facts

  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.

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