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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Younger war veterans (ages 18-25) have a higher likelihood of succumbing to a drug or alcohol addiction.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • The generic form of Oxycontin poses a bigger threat to those who abuse it, raising the number of poison control center calls remarkably.
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • 6.8 million people with an addiction have a mental illness.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • 3 Million individuals in the U.S. have been prescribed medications like buprenorphine to treat addiction to opiates.
  • Barbiturate Overdose is known to result in Pneumonia, severe muscle damage, coma and death.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Dilaudid is 8 times more potent than morphine.

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