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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • 3 million people over the age of 12 have used methamphetamineand 529,000 of those are regular users.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • Dual Diagnosis treatment is specially designed for those suffering from an addiction as well as an underlying mental health issue.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Cocaine comes from the leaves of the coca bush (Erythroxylum coca), which is native to South America.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • Alcohol kills more young people than all other drugs combined.
  • Cocaine is sometimes taken with other drugs, including tranquilizers, amphetamines,2 marijuana and heroin.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.

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