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Drug Facts

  • Only 50 of the 2,500 types of Barbiturates created in the 20th century were employed for medicinal purposes.
  • Amphetamines are stimulant drugs, which means they speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • PCP (also known as angel dust) can cause drug addiction in the infant as well as tremors.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 12.4 million Americans aged 12 or older tried Ecstasy at least once in their lives, representing 5% of the US population in that age group.
  • Deaths from Alcohol poisoning are most common among the ages 35-64.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • Stimulants are prescribed in the treatment of obesity.
  • Street gang members primarily turn cocaine into crack cocaine.
  • Ketamine is used by medical practitioners and veterinarians as an anaesthetic. It is sometimes used illegally by people to get 'high'.

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