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Drug Facts

  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • In 2009, a Wisconsin man sleepwalked outside and froze to death after taking Ambien.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful.
  • Opioids are depressant drugs, which means they slow down the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • Barbiturates are a class B drug, meaning that any use outside of a prescription is met with prison time and a fine.
  • Individuals with severe drug problems and or underlying mental health issues typically need longer in-patient drug treatment often times a minimum of 3 months is recommended.
  • Codeine is widely used in the U.S. by prescription and over the counter for use as a pain reliever and cough suppressant.
  • The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated the worldwide production of amphetamine-type stimulants, which includes methamphetamine, at nearly 500 metric tons a year, with 24.7 million abusers.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).
  • Cocaine is also the most common drug found in addition to alcohol in alcohol-related emergency room visits.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • Production and trafficking soared again in the 1990's in relation to organized crime in the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • There were over 1.8 million Americans 12 or older who used a hallucinogen or inhalant for the first time. (1.1 million among hallucinogens)
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.

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