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Drug Facts

  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • 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
  • Approximately 1,800 people 12 and older tried cocaine for the first time in 2011.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Narcotics are sometimes necessary to treat both psychological and physical ailments but the use of any narcotic can become habitual or a dependency.
  • Meth can damage blood vessels in the brain, causing strokes.
  • Drug overdoses are the cause of 90% of deaths from poisoning.
  • From 1961-1980 the Anti-Depressant boom hit the market in the United States.
  • Among teens, prescription drugs are the most commonly used drugs next to marijuana, and almost half of the teens abusing prescription drugs are taking painkillers.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.
  • Methamphetamine is a synthetic (man-made) chemical, unlike cocaine, for instance, which comes from a plant.
  • Fewer than one out of ten North Carolinian's who use illegal drugs, and only one of 20 with alcohol problems, get state funded help, and the treatment they do receive is out of date and inadequate.
  • Getting blackout drunk doesn't actually make you forget: the brain temporarily loses the ability to make memories.
  • Smoking crack cocaine can lead to sudden death by means of a heart attack or stroke right then.
  • Snorting amphetamines can damage the nasal passage and cause nose bleeds.
  • In its purest form, heroin is a fine white powder
  • The National Institute of Justice research shows that, compared with traditional criminal justice strategies, drug treatment and other costs came to about $1,400 per drug court participant, saving the government about $6,700 on average per participant.

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