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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • Krokodil is named for the crocodile-like appearance it creates on the skin. Over time, it damages blood vessels and causes the skin to become green and scaly. The tissue damage can lead to gangrene and result in amputation or death.
  • In treatment, the drug abuser is taught to break old patterns of behavior, action and thinking. All While learning new skills for avoiding drug use and criminal behavior.
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that act as hypnotics in large doses, anxiolytics in moderate dosages and sedatives in low doses.
  • Over 2.1 million people in the United States abused Anti-Depressants in 2011 alone.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Illegal drugs include cocaine, crack, marijuana, LSD and heroin.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • 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
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Barbiturates were Used by the Nazis during WWII for euthanasia
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • 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.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • The drug is toxic to the neurological system, destroying cells containing serotonin and dopamine.
  • 26.7% of 10th graders reported using Marijuana.
  • Steroids can stay in one's system for three weeks if taken orally and up to 3-6 months if injected.

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