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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Smokers who continuously smoke will always have nicotine in their system.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Non-pharmaceutical fentanyl is sold in the following forms: as a powder; spiked on blotter paper; mixed with or substituted for heroin; or as tablets that mimic other, less potent opioids.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Gangs, whether street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs or even prison gangs, distribute more drugs on the streets of the U.S. than any other person or persons do.
  • 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.
  • Cocaine stays in one's system for 1-5 days.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Crack comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Adolf von Baeyer, the creator of barbiturates, won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1905 for his work in in chemical research.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Overdose deaths linked to Benzodiazepines, like Ativan, have seen a 4.3-fold increase from 2002 to 2015.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • 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.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • War veterans often turn to drugs and alcohol to forget what they went through during combat.

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