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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • 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.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Approximately 35,000,000 Americans a year have been admitted into the hospital due abusing medications like Darvocet.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Women suffer more memory loss and brain damage than men do who drink the same amount of alcohol for the same period of time.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Abused by an estimated one in five teens, prescription drugs are second only to alcohol and marijuana as the substances they use to get high.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.

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