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Drug Facts

  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
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  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • In 2013, that number increased to 3.5 million children on stimulants.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.

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