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Drug Facts

  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • 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 overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Steroid use can lead to clogs in the blood vessels, which can then lead to strokes and heart disease.
  • Subutex use has increased by over 66% within just two years.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.

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