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Drug Facts

  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • 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.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • 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
  • From 1920- 1933, the illegal trade of Alcohol was a booming industry in the U.S., causing higher rates of crime than before.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Benzodiazepines like Ativan are found in nearly 50% of all suicide attempts.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • 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.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.

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