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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • 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
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for tranquilizers.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to drink too much water when not needed, which upsets the salt balance in your body.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 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.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.

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