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Drug Facts

  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • 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 2011, non-medical use of Alprazolam resulted in 123,744 emergency room visits.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • When injected, Ativan can cause damage to cardiovascular and vascular systems.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Painkillers like morphine contributed to over 300,000 emergency room admissions.
  • Marijuana can stay in a person's system for 3-5 days, however, if you are a heavy user, it can be detected up to 30 days.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Krododil users rarely live more than one year after taking it.
  • 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 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.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.

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