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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • A person can overdose on heroin. Naloxone is a medicine that can treat a heroin overdose when given right away.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • Over 6 million people have ever admitted to using PCP in their lifetimes.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Illicit drug use costs the United States approximately $181 billion annually.
  • 45% of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Since 2000, non-illicit drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl and methadone contribute more to overdose fatalities in Utah than illicit drugs such as heroin.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Hallucinogens also cause physical changes such as increased heart rate, elevating blood pressure and dilating pupils.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Ketamine can be swallowed, snorted or injected.
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • 10 million people aged 12 or older reported driving under the influence of illicit drugs.
  • Nearly 23 Million people are in need of treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Brain changes that occur over time with drug use challenge an addicted person's self-control and interfere with their ability to resist intense urges to take drugs.

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