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Drug Facts

  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Marijuana is actually dangerous, impacting the mind by causing memory loss and reducing ability.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Alcohol Abuse is the 3rd leading cause of preventable deaths in the U.S with over 88,000 cases of Alcohol related deaths.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Each year, nearly 360,000 people received treatment specifically for stimulant addiction.
  • Barbiturates have been used for depression and even by vets for animal anesthesia yet people take them in order to relax and for insomnia.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.

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