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Drug Facts

  • Crack Cocaine is categorized next to PCP and Meth as an illegal Schedule II drug.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • 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
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Penalties for possession, delivery and manufacturing of Ecstasy can include jail sentences of four years to life, and fines from $250,000 to $4 million, depending on the amount of the drug you have in your possession.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.

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