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Drug Facts

  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • Codeine taken with alcohol can cause mental clouding, reduced coordination and slow breathing.
  • Over 20 million Americans over the age of 12 have an addiction (excluding tobacco).
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Ritalin comes in small pills, about the size and shape of aspirin tablets, with the word 'Ciba' (the manufacturer's name) stamped on it.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • In 2010, around 13 million people have abused methamphetamines in their life and approximately 350,000 people were regular users. This number increased by over 80,000 the following year.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • Oxycodone is sold under many trade names, such as Percodan, Endodan, Roxiprin, Percocet, Endocet, Roxicet and OxyContin.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • The U.S. utilizes over 65% of the world's supply of Dilaudid.
  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • Women in college who drank experienced higher levels of sexual aggression acts from men.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.

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