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Drug Facts

  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Over 13 million Americans have admitted to abusing CNS stimulants.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.

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