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Drug Facts

  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • The number of Americans with an addiction to heroin nearly doubled from 2007 to 2011.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • Ativan abuse often results in dizziness, hallucinations, weakness, depression and poor motor coordination.
  • About 50% of high school seniors do not think it's harmful to try crack or cocaine once or twice and 40% believe it's not harmful to use heroin once or twice.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Another man on 'a mission from God' was stopped by police driving near an industrial park in Texas.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.

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