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Drug Facts

  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Barbituric acid was synthesized by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer in late 1864.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Crack Cocaine is the riskiest form of a Cocaine substance.
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • The U.S. poisoned industrial Alcohols made in the country, killing a whopping 10,000 people in the process.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.

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