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Drug Facts

  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • 33.1 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • Inhalants include volatile solvents, gases and nitrates.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
  • 54% of high school seniors do not think regular steroid use is harmful, the lowest number since 1980, when the National Institute on Drug Abuse started asking about perception on steroids.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Young people have died from dehydration, exhaustion and heart attack as a result of taking too much Ecstasy.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.

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