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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • In 1906, Coca Cola removed Cocaine from the Coca leaves used to make its product.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.

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