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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.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Benzodiazepines are usually swallowed. Some people also inject and snort them.
  • Alcohol is a drug because of its intoxicating effect but it is widely accepted socially.
  • 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.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • The younger you are, the more likely you are to become addicted to nicotine. If you're a teenager, your risk is especially high.
  • An estimated 20 percent of U.S. college students are afflicted with Alcoholism.
  • Women who drink have more health and social problems than men who drink
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Powder cocaine is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the leaves of the coca plant. 'Crack' is a type of processed cocaine that is formed into a rock-like crystal.
  • Cocaine is a highly addictive stimulant made from the coca plant.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • There is holistic rehab, or natural, as opposed to traditional programs which may use drugs to treat addiction.
  • 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
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Depressants, opioids and antidepressants are responsible for more overdose deaths (45%) than cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and amphetamines (39%) combined
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.

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