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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

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Drug Facts

  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Today, it remains a very problematic and popular drug, as it's cheap to produce and much cheaper to purchase than powder cocaine.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Contrary to popular belief, Bath Salts do not cause cannibalistic behavior.
  • Amphetamines are the fourth most popular street drug in England and Wales, and second most popular worldwide.
  • Cocaine comes from the South America coca plant.
  • Bath Salt use has been linked to violent behavior, however not all stories are violent.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Nearly half (49%) of all college students either binge drink, use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.

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