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Drug Facts

  • A stimulant is a drug that provides users with added energy and contentment.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Ecstasy comes in a tablet form and is usually swallowed. The pills come in different colours and sizes and are often imprinted with a picture or symbol1. It can also come as capsules, powder or crystal/rock.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • 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.

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