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Drug Facts

  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • 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.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Steroids can be life threatening, even leading to liver damage.
  • Interventions can facilitate the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and improve the participant's ability to interact with family, peers, and others in the community.
  • 92% of those who begin using Ecstasy later turn to other drugs including marijuana, amphetamines, cocaine and heroin.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.

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