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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • 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
  • In 2014, over 354,000 U.S. citizens were daily users of Crack.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • From 2005 to 2008, Anti-Depressants ranked the third top prescription drug taken by Americans.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • Cigarettes can kill you and they are the leading preventable cause of death.
  • More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.1
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed (amphetamine), but meth has far more dangerous effects on the body's central nervous system.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.

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