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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • There have been over 1.2 million people admitting to using using methamphetamine within the past year.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • In 1993, inhalation (42%) was the most frequently used route of administration among primary Methamphetamine admissions.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • 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
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • Meth has a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • One of the strongest forms of Amphetamines is Meth, which can come in powder, tablet or crystal form.

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