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Alaska Treatment Centers

in Alaska

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Drug Facts

  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.
  • 9% of teens in a recent study reported using prescription pain relievers not prescribed for them in the past year, and 5% (1 in 20) reported doing so in the past month.3
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Oxycodone comes in a number of forms including capsules, tablets, liquid and suppositories. It also comes in a variety of strengths.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • Alcohol can stay in one's system from one to twelve hours.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • This Schedule IV Narcotic in the U.S. is often used as a date rape drug.
  • Crystal meth is a stimulant that can be smoked, snorted, swallowed or injected.
  • There are approximately 5,000 LSD-related emergency room visits per year.
  • 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • Barbiturates have been use in the past to treat a variety of symptoms from insomnia and dementia to neonatal jaundice
  • 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.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.

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