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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Like amphetamine, methamphetamine increases activity, decreases appetite and causes a general sense of well-being.
  • Opioid painkillers produce a short-lived euphoria, but they are also addictive.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Other names of Cocaine include C, coke, nose candy, snow, white lady, toot, Charlie, blow, white dust or stardust.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • The overall costs of alcohol abuse amount to $224 billion annually, with the costs to the health care system accounting for approximately $25 billion.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Tens of millions of Americans use prescription medications non-medically every year.
  • Over 30 Million people have admitted to abusing a cannabis-based product within the last year.
  • Many people wrongly imprisoned under conspiracy laws are women who did nothing more than pick up a phone and take a message for their spouse, boyfriend, child or neighbor.
  • Today, Alcohol is the NO. 1 most abused drug with psychoactive properties in the U.S.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.

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