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Drug Facts

  • 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
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • The most commonly abused opioid painkillers include oxycodone, hydrocodone, meperidine, hydromorphone and propoxyphene.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Cocaine was originally used for its medical effects and was first introduced as a surgical anesthetic.
  • Mixing Ambien with alcohol can cause respiratory distress, coma and death.
  • It is estimated 20.4 million people age 12 or older have tried methamphetamine at sometime in their lives.
  • Over 23,000 emergency room visits in 2006 were attributed to Ativan abuse.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • More than 100,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S., due to their mothers' use of the drug during pregnancy.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • The Barbituric acid compound was made from malonic apple acid and animal urea.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • In Arizona during the year 2006 a total of 23,656 people were admitted to addiction treatment programs.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.

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