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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
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • Over 10 million people have used methamphetamine at least once in their lifetime.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • 52 Million Americans have abused prescription medications.
  • Sniffing paint is a common form of inhalant abuse.
  • Narcotics used illegally is the definition of drug abuse.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • Crack Cocaine use became enormously popular in the mid-1980's, particularly in urban areas.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Methadone is a highly addictive drug, at least as addictive as heroin.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misuing or abusing are prescription medications.3
  • Over 550,000 high school students abuse anabolic steroids every year.
  • 4.4 million teenagers (aged 12 to 17) in the US admitted to taking prescription painkillers, and 2.3 million took a prescription stimulant such as Ritalin.

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