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Alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska

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Drug Facts

  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • 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
  • Test subjects who were given cocaine and Ritalin could not tell the difference.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • 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.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Ketamine is actually a tranquilizer most commonly used in veterinary practice on animals.
  • Street names for fentanyl or for fentanyl-laced heroin include Apache, China Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfella, Jackpot, Murder 8, TNT, and Tango and Cash.
  • Between 2002 and 2006, over a half million of teens aged 12 to 17 had used inhalants.
  • In 2010, U.S. Poison Control Centers received 304 calls regarding Bath Salts.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Crack cocaine earned the nickname crack because of the cracking sound it makes when it is heated.
  • 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.
  • 22.7 million people (as of 2007) have reported using LSD in their lifetime.
  • Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.3
  • 7.6% of teens use the prescription drug Aderall.
  • 12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.1

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