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Drug Facts

  • Used illicitly, stimulants can lead to delirium and paranoia.
  • 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
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Out of 2.6 million people who tried marijuana for the first time, over half were under the age of 18.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • 7.5 million have used cocaine at least once in their life, 3.5 million in the last year and 1.5 million in the past month.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Cocaine only has an effect on a person for about an hour, which will lead a person to have to use cocaine many times through out the day.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Over 60 Million are said to have prescription for sedatives.
  • Drug use can hamper the prenatal growth of the fetus, which occurs after the organ formation.
  • The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
  • Cocaine use is highest among Americans aged 18 to 25.
  • Alcohol is the most likely substance for someone to become addicted to in America.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
  • More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.

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