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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • The phrase 'dope fiend' was originally coined many years ago to describe the negative side effects of constant cocaine use.
  • Cocaine was first isolated (extracted from coca leaves) in 1859 by German chemist Albert Niemann.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Sniffing gasoline is a common form of abusing inhalants and can be lethal.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • The U.N. suspects that over 9 million people actively use ecstasy worldwide.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • Outlaw motorcycle gangs are primarily into distributing marijuana and methamphetamine.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • 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.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • According to the latest drug information from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), drug abuse costs the United States over $600 billion annually in health care treatments, lost productivity, and crime.

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