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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • 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.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Approximately, 57 percent of Steroid users have admitted to knowing that their lives could be shortened because of it.
  • Use of illicit drugs or misuse of prescription drugs can make driving a car unsafejust like driving after drinking alcohol.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Rates of valium abuse have tripled within the course of ten years.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.

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