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Drug Facts

  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • When taken, meth and crystal meth create a false sense of well-being and energy, and so a person will tend to push his body faster and further than it is meant to go.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Authority receive over 10,500 reports of clonazepam abuse every year, and the rate is increasing.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Approximately 65% of adolescents say that home medicine cabinets are the main source of drugs.

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