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Drug Facts

  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • 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.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • 88% of people using anti-psychotics are also abusing other substances.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Crack cocaine goes directly into the lungs because it is mostly smoked, delivering the high almost immediately.
  • Valium is a drug that is used to manage anxiety disorders.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • 2.5 million Americans abused prescription drugs for the first time, compared to 2.1 million who used marijuana for the first time.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Cocaine gives the user a feeling of euphoria and energy that lasts approximately two hours.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • The stressful situations that trigger alcohol and drug abuse in women is often more severe than that in men.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.

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