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Massachusetts Treatment Centers

in Massachusetts

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Drug Facts

  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • 7 million Americans abused prescription drugs, including Ritalinmore than the number who abused cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy and inhalants combined.
  • Heroin is made by collecting sap from the flower of opium poppies.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Two of the most common long-term effects of heroin addiction are liver failure and heart disease.
  • Rohypnol causes a person to black out or forget what happened to them.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • 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.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Methadone can stay in a person's system for 1- 14 days.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Ecstasy can cause kidney, liver and brain damage, including long-lasting lesions (injuries) on brain tissue.
  • Alcohol is the number one substance-related cause of depression in people.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • Children, innocent drivers, families, the environment, all are affected by drug addiction even if they have never taken a drink or tried a drug.
  • Depressants are widely used to relieve stress, induce sleep and relieve anxiety.
  • Cocaine can be snorted, injected, sniffed or smoked.
  • Heroin (like opium and morphine) is made from the resin of poppy plants.

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