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Drug Facts

  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Abuse of the painkiller Fentanyl killed more than 1,000 people.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Stimulants have both medical and non medical recreational uses and long term use can be hazardous to your health.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.

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