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Drug Facts

  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919.
  • Over half of the people abusing prescribed drugs got them from a friend or relative. Over 17% were prescribed the medication.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Prescription drug spending increased 9.0% to $324.6 billion in 2015, slower than the 12.4% growth in 2014.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Popular among children and parents were the Cocaine toothache drops.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Crack cocaine gets its name from how it breaks into little rocks after being produced.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Ambien dissolves readily in water, becoming a popular date rape drug.
  • Stimulants when abused lead to a "rush" feeling.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.

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