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Alabama Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Over 210,000,000 opioids are prescribed by pharmaceutical companies a year.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • People who use marijuana believe it to be harmless and want it legalized.
  • When a person uses cocaine there are five new neural pathways created in the brain directly associated with addiction.
  • 9.4 million people in 2011 reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Methamphetamine increases the amount of the neurotransmitter dopamine, leading to high levels of that chemical in the brain.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Barbiturates can stay in one's system for 2-3 days.

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