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Drug Facts

  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Company were marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Fentanyl works by binding to the body's opioid receptors, which are found in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • 3.8% of twelfth graders reported having used Ritalin without a prescription at least once in the past year.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Opiates work well to relieve pain. But you can get addicted to them quickly, if you don't use them correctly.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • 28% of teens know at least 1 person who has tried ecstasy.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.

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