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Drug Facts

  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • 1 in 5 college students admitted to have abused prescription stimulants like dexedrine.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Babies can be born addicted to drugs.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • 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.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • The largest amount of illicit drug-related emergency room visits in 2011 were cocaine related (over 500,000 visits).

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