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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • 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.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Cocaine hydrochloride is most commonly snorted. It can also be injected, rubbed into the gums, added to drinks or food.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.

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