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Drug Facts

  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Alprazolam is an addictive sedative used to treat panic and anxiety disorders.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Ritalin and related 'hyperactivity' type drugs can be found almost anywhere.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Increased or prolonged use of methamphetamine can cause sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure, paranoia, psychosis, aggression, disordered thinking, extreme mood swings and sometimes hallucinations.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • 90% of Americans with a substance abuse problem started smoking marijuana, drinking or using other drugs before age 18.
  • The United States spends over 560 Billion Dollars for pain relief.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.

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