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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Coca wine's (wine brewed with cocaine) most prominent brand, Vin Mariani, received endorsement for its beneficial effects from celebrities, scientists, physicians and even Pope Leo XIII.
  • New scientific research has taught us that the brain doesn't finish developing until the mid-20s, especially the region that controls impulse and judgment.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Prescription medication should always be taken under the supervision of a doctor, even then, it must be noted that they can be a risk to the unborn child.
  • People who use heroin regularly are likely to develop a physical dependence.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • 37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • 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
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Opiates, mainly heroin, account for 18% of the admissions for drug and alcohol treatment in the US.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.

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