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Drug Facts

  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • Ecstasy causes chemical changes in the brain which affect sleep patterns, appetite and cause mood swings.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Colombia's drug trade is worth US$10 billion. That's one-quarter as much as the country's legal exports.
  • Over 5% of 12th graders have used cocaine and over 2% have used crack.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • 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.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).
  • 70% to 80% of the world's cocaine comes from Columbia.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.

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