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Drug Facts

  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • 10 to 22% of automobile accidents involve drivers who are using drugs.
  • 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.
  • Steroids can stop growth prematurely and permanently in teenagers who take them.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Smoking tobacco can cause a miscarriage or a premature birth.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Peyote is approximately 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • In 2003 a total of 4,006 people were admitted to Alaska Drug rehabilitation or Alcohol rehabilitation programs.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.

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