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Drug Facts

  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • 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
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • 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.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Crack is heated and smoked. It is so named because it makes a cracking or popping sound when heated.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.

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