Morphine is one of the most effective drugs in use today to treat severe pain in clinical settings, and remains the standard against which the newer analgesics are measured.
The treatment admission rate for primary amphetamine abuse in the United States escalated by 79 percent in 1996, to 24 per 100,000 aged 12 or older.
Mental deterioration, also known as dementia, is accelerated by the consumption of alcohol and is the second-leading cause of dementia.
Over 500,000 emergency room visits related to the use of alcohol in combination with other drugs in 2009 included the following drugs: central nervous system agents (e.g., analgesics, stimulants, sedatives) (229,230 visits), cocaine (152,631 visits), marijuana (125,438 visits), psychotherapeutic agents (e.g., antidepressants and antipsychotics) (44,217 visits), heroin (43,110 visits)