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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Ecstasy was originally developed by Merck pharmaceutical company in 1912.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • More than9 in 10people who used heroin also used at least one other drug.
  • Rates of anti-depressant use have risen by over 400% within just three years.
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • Cocaine restricts blood flow to the brain, increases heart rate, and promotes blood clotting. These effects can lead to stroke or heart attack.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Over 500,000 individuals have abused Ambien.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • About 72% of all cases reported to poison centers for substance use were calls from people's homes.
  • Over the past 15 years, treatment for addiction to prescription medication has grown by 300%.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.

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