Substances
This legal drug is responsible for more preventable deaths worldwide than any other.
Tobacco
This famous soft drink once contained cocaine.
Coca-Cola?
This 1994 film starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson famously featured a heroin overdose scene involving Uma Thurman.
Pulp Fiction
Many people believe marijuana isn’t addictive. In reality, around what percentage of users develop a cannabis use disorder?
What is about 9–10% (and up to 17% for those who start young)
This famous physicist’s last name has become synonymous with “genius.”
Einstein
This painkiller was named after the Greek god of dreams, Morpheus.
morphine
This long-running TV drama followed a chemistry teacher who starts manufacturing methamphetamine.
Breaking Bad
Some people believe marijuana helps with focus and productivity. In reality, long-term use can impair this key brain function.
memory, motivation, or attention
The world’s largest ocean covers more than 30% of Earth’s surface.
the Pacific Ocean
This psychedelic substance, first synthesized in 1938, became popular in the 1960s counterculture.
What is LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
This rock musician’s death in 1970 from an overdose of barbiturates became symbolic of the “27 Club.”
Jimi Hendrix
Many people believe addiction only happens with illegal drugs, but this legal substance kills more people worldwide than all illicit drugs combined.
alcohol
This planet, nicknamed the “Morning Star” and “Evening Star,” is actually covered in clouds of sulfuric acid.
Venus
This drug, now illegal in most places, was once prescribed as a cough suppressant in the early 1900s.
heroin
This 1970s band’s excesses with cocaine and alcohol were so infamous that their recording studio was nicknamed “The Cockroach Motel.”
Fleetwood Mac
Many believe detox alone cures addiction, but this process actually only removes substances from the body and must be followed by this for lasting recovery.
ongoing therapy, medication, and behavioral support
This pop star’s 1982 album Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time.
Michael Jackson
The British Empire fought two major wars in the 19th century to force China to accept trade of this addictive substance.
opium
This rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, has spoken openly about his recovery from prescription drug addiction, particularly referencing it in the song Not Afraid.
Eminem
A common myth says people with addiction can “just quit” if they try hard enough. In reality, chronic use changes this part of the body responsible for decision-making and impulse control.
the brain’s reward and prefrontal systems
This U.S. president appears on the $5 bill.
Abraham Lincoln