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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • The drug was outlawed as a part of the U.S. Drug Abuse and Regulation Control Act of 1970.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Hallucinogens are drugs used to alter the perception and function of the mind.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • A tolerance to cocaine develops quicklythe addict soon fails to achieve the same high experienced earlier from the same amount of cocaine.

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