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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • In 2013, more high school seniors regularly used marijuana than cigarettes as 22.7% smoked pot in the last month, compared to 16.3% who smoked cigarettes.
  • Methamphetamine can cause rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, elevated body temperature and convulsions.
  • The act in 1914 prohibited the import of coca leaves and Cocaine, except for pharmaceutical purposes.
  • Drug abuse and addiction changes your brain chemistry. The longer you use your drug of choice, the more damage is done and the harder it is to go back to 'normal' during drug rehab.
  • Inhalants go through the lungs and into the bloodstream, and are quickly distributed to the brain and other organs in the body.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • 2.3% of eighth graders, 5.2% of tenth graders and 6.5% of twelfth graders had tried Ecstasy at least once.
  • An estimated 208 million people internationally consume illegal drugs.
  • Coca is one of the oldest, most potent and most dangerous stimulants of natural origin.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • The Use of Methamphetamine surged in the 1950's and 1960's, when users began injecting more frequently.
  • Dilaudid, considered eight times more potent than morphine, is often called 'drug store heroin' on the streets.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Over 2.3 million people admitted to have abused Ketamine.
  • 43% of high school seniors have used marijuana.
  • More than 29 percent of teens in treatment are dependent on tranquilizers, sedatives, amphetamines, and other stimulants (all types of prescription drugs).
  • Heroin was commercially developed by Bayer Pharmaceutical and was marketed by Bayer and other companies (c. 1900) for several medicinal uses including cough suppression.
  • During the 2000's many older drugs were reapproved for new use in depression treatment.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.

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