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Drug Facts

  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • 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
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • There are innocent people behind bars because of the drug conspiracy laws.
  • 75% of most designer drugs are consumed by adolescents and younger adults.
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • Ecstasy is emotionally damaging and users often suffer depression, confusion, severe anxiety, paranoia, psychotic behavior and other psychological problems.
  • 13% of 9th graders report they have tried prescription painkillers to get high.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.

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