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Drug Facts

  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Amphetamines have been used to treat fatigue, migraines, depression, alcoholism, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
  • Meth can quickly be made with battery acid, antifreeze and drain cleaner.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • Over 52% of teens who use bath salts also combine them with other drugs.
  • Over 4 million people have used oxycontin for nonmedical purposes.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Overdoses caused by painkillers are more common than heroin and cocaine overdoses combined.
  • Cocaine has long been used for its ability to boost energy, relieve fatigue and lessen hunger.
  • 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
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • The word cocaine refers to the drug in a powder form or crystal form.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • The National Institutes of Health suggests, the vast majority of people who commit crimes have problems with drugs or alcohol, and locking them up without trying to address those problems would be a waste of money.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder

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