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Drug Facts

  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Synthetic drug stimulants, also known as cathinones, mimic the effects of ecstasy or MDMA. Bath salts and Molly are examples of synthetic cathinones.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Aerosols are a form of inhalants that include vegetable oil, hair spray, deodorant and spray paint.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • 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
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.

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