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Drug Facts

  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Crystal Meth is commonly known as glass or ice.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • In 1981, Alprazolam released to the United States drug market.
  • About 1 in 4 college students report academic consequences from drinking, including missing class, falling behind in class, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.30
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.
  • Over 90% of those with an addiction began drinking, smoking or using illicit drugs before the age of 18.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • 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.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.

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