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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • In 2003, smoking (56%) was the most frequently used route of administration followed by injection, inhalation, oral, and other.
  • Approximately 122,000 people have admitted to using PCP in the past year.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Adderall use (often prescribed to treat ADHD) has increased among high school seniors from 5.4% in 2009 to 7.5% this year.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • Each year, over 5,000 people under the age of 21 die from Alcohol-related incidents in the U.S alone.
  • When a pregnant woman takes drugs, her unborn child is taking them, too.
  • Narcotic is actually derived from the Greek word for stupor.
  • Ketamine is considered a predatory drug used in connection with sexual assault.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Crack, the most potent form in which cocaine appears, is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger and more potent than regular cocaine.
  • 1.1 million people each year use hallucinogens for the first time.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • Mushrooms (Psilocybin) (AKA: Simple Simon, shrooms, silly putty, sherms, musk, boomers): psilocybin is the hallucinogenic chemical found in approximately 190 species of edible mushrooms.
  • Methamphetamine has also been used in the treatment of obesity.
  • Crack users may experience severe respiratory problems, including coughing, shortness of breath, lung damage and bleeding.

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