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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • Women in bars can suffer from sexually aggressive acts if they are drinking heavily.
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. In 2009, 1 in 3 prescription painkiller overdoses were caused by methadone.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • Effective drug abuse treatment engages participants in a therapeutic process, retains them in treatment for a suitable length of time, and helps them to maintain abstinence over time.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • Steroids can also lead to certain tumors and liver damage leading to cancer, according to studies conducted in the 1970's and 80's.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.
  • 45% of those who use prior to the age of 15 will later develop an addiction.
  • One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14.2
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • Nitrous oxide is actually found in whipped cream dispensers as well as octane boosters for cars.

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