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Drug Facts

  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is also known as cannabis because of the plant it comes from.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • 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
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.

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