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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • 1.3% of high school seniors have tired bath salts.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • Methamphetamine can be detected for 2-4 days in a person's system.
  • 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.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • The effects of ecstasy are usually felt about 20 minutes to an hour after it's taken and last for around 6 hours.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.

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