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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Nearly one third of mushroom users reported heightened levels of anxiety.
  • The United States represents 5% of the world's population and 75% of prescription drugs taken. 60% of teens who abuse prescription drugs get them free from friends and relatives.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • 2.6 million people with addictions have a dependence on both alcohol and illicit drugs.
  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Women are at a higher risk than men for liver damage, brain damage and heart damage due to alcohol intake.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • The United States consumes over 75% of the world's prescription medications.

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