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Drug Facts

  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Alcohol affects the central nervous system, thereby controlling all bodily functions.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Over 5 million emergency room visits in 2011 were drug related.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Narcotics are used for pain relief, medical conditions and illnesses.
  • Excessive use of alcohol can lead to sexual impotence.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Cocaine causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.

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