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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • In 2014, over 913,000 people were reported to be addicted to cocaine.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Gases can be medical products or household items or commercial products.

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