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Drug Facts

  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • The most powerful prescription painkillers are called opioids, which are opium-like compounds.
  • Even a small amount of Ecstasy can be toxic enough to poison the nervous system and cause irreparable damage.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • In the 1950s, methamphetamine was prescribed as a diet aid and to fight depression.
  • Meth users often have bad teeth from poor oral hygiene, dry mouth as meth can crack and deteriorate teeth.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • In 1990, 600,000 children in the U.S. were on stimulant medication for A.D.H.D.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Nearly 300,000 Americans received treatment for hallucinogens in 2011.
  • The biggest abusers of prescription drugs aged 18-25.
  • Ativan is one of the strongest Benzodiazepines on the market.
  • 300 tons of barbiturates are produced legally in the U.S. every year.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • 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.

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