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Drug Facts

  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • In 2005, 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin. 2.2 million abused over-the-counter drugs such as cough syrup. The average age for first-time users is now 13 to 14.
  • 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.
  • Crack cocaine was introduced into society in 1985.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Drugs are divided into several groups, depending on how they are used.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Of the 500 metric tons of methamphetamine produced, only 4 tons is legally produced for legal medical use.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • 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.
  • Two thirds of the people who abuse drugs or alcohol admit to being sexually molested when they were children.
  • Mescaline is 4000 times less potent than LSD.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.
  • Smokeless nicotine based quit smoking aids also stay in the system for 1-2 days.

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