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Drug Facts

  • Women abuse alcohol and drugs for different reasons than men do.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Marijuana is just as damaging to the lungs and airway as cigarettes are, leading to bronchitis, emphysema and even cancer.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Authority obtains over 10,500 accounts of clonazepam abuse annually.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • 19.3% of students ages 12-17 who receive average grades of 'D' or lower used marijuana in the past month and 6.9% of students with grades of 'C' or above used marijuana in the past month.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Predatory drugs metabolize quickly so that they are not in the system when the victim is medically examined.
  • About one in ten Americans over the age of 12 take an Anti-Depressant.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.

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