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Drug Facts

  • Synthetic drugs, also referred to as designer or club drugs, are chemically-created in a lab to mimic another drug such as marijuana, cocaine or morphine.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.
  • 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.
  • Family intervention has been found to be upwards of ninety percent successful and professionally conducted interventions have a success rate of near 98 percent.
  • Mescaline (AKA: Cactus, cactus buttons, cactus joint, mesc, mescal, mese, mezc, moon, musk, topi): occurs naturally in certain types of cactus plants, including the peyote cactus.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • 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.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • Ironically, young teens in small towns are more likely to use crystal meth than teens raised in the city.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • 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
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Rates of Opiate-based drug abuse have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.

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