Drug Facts

Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
Invisible drugs include coffee, tea, soft drinks, tobacco, beer and wine.
Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.