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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 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
  • Anorectic drugs can cause heart problems leading to cardiac arrest in young people.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Nicotine stays in the system for 1-2 days.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • 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.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • In 2011, over 800,000 Americans reported having an addiction to cocaine.
  • The majority of youths aged 12 to 17 do not perceive a great risk from smoking marijuana.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Street amphetamine: bennies, black beauties, copilots, eye-openers, lid poppers, pep pills, speed, uppers, wake-ups, and white crosses28
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Methamphetamine production is a relatively simple process, especially when compared to many other recreational drugs.

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