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Drug Facts

  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant that has been utilized and abused for ages.
  • In 2012, over 16 million adults were prescribed Adderall.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Bath salts contain man-made stimulants called cathinone's, which are like amphetamines.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.

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