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Kentucky Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Methamphetamine and amphetamine were both originally used in nasal decongestants and in bronchial inhalers.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • 60% of High Schoolers, 32% of Middle Schoolers have seen drugs used, kept or sold on school grounds.
  • 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
  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • Over 600,000 people has been reported to have used ecstasy within the last month.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • The high potency of fentanyl greatly increases risk of overdose.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.

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