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Drug Facts

  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Women who had an alcoholic parent are more likely to become an alcoholic than men who have an alcoholic parent.
  • Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.1
  • Girls seem to become addicted to nicotine faster than boys do.
  • 1 in 10 high school students has reported abusing barbiturates
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Each year Alcohol use results in nearly 2,000 college student's deaths.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Drug use is highest among people in their late teens and twenties.
  • From 1980-2000, modern antidepressants, SSRI and SNRI, were introduced.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • Local pharmacies often bought - throat lozenges containing Cocaine in bulk and packaged them for sale under their own labels.
  • Ativan is faster acting and more addictive than other Benzodiazepines.
  • Stimulant drugs, such as Adderall, are the second most abused drug on college campuses, next to Marijuana.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.

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