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Drug Facts

  • A syringe of morphine was, in a very real sense, a magic wand,' states David Courtwright in Dark Paradise. '
  • 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.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • Nearly 500,000 people each year abuse prescription medications for the first time.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Morphine is an extremely strong pain reliever that is commonly used with terminal patients.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Oxycodone has the greatest potential for abuse and the greatest dangers.
  • By June 2011, the PCC had received over 3,470 calls about Bath Salts.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • Crystal Meth use can cause insomnia, anxiety, and violent or psychotic behavior.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.

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