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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Over 60% of teens report that drugs of some kind are kept, sold, and used at their school.
  • Heroin usemore than doubledamong young adults ages 1825 in the past decade.
  • The Department of Justice listed the Chicago metro area as the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments.
  • Even a single dose of heroin can start a person on the road to addiction.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Steroids damage hormones, causing guys to grow breasts and girls to grow beards and facial hair.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • 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.
  • Teens who have open communication with their parents are half as likely to try drugs, yet only a quarter of adolescents state that they have had conversations with their parents regarding drugs.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Short term rehab effectively helps more women than men, even though they may have suffered more traumatic situations than men did.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • One oxycodone pill can cost $80 on the street, compared to $3 to $5 for a bag of heroin. As addiction intensifies, many users end up turning to heroin.
  • Mixing sedatives such as Ambien with alcohol can be harmful, even leading to death

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