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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.
  • Its first derivative utilized as medicine was used to put dogs to sleep but was soon produced by Bayer as a sleep aid in 1903 called Veronal
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Morphine subdues pain for an average of 5-6 hours whereas methadone subdues pain for up to 24 hours.
  • About 696,000 cases of student assault, are committed by student's who have been drinking.
  • Adverse effects from Ambien rose nearly 220 percent from 2005 to 2010.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • An estimated 13.5 million people in the world take opioids (opium-like substances), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • 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.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
  • Foreign producers now supply much of the U.S. Methamphetamine market, and attempts to bring that production under control have been problematic.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Depressants are highly addictive drugs, and when chronic users or abusers stop taking them, they can experience severe withdrawal symptoms, including anxiety, insomnia and muscle tremors.

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