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Drug Facts

  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • 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.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Over 6.1 Million Americans have abused prescription medication within the last month.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • 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
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.

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