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Drug Facts

  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Drug abuse is linked to at least half of the crimes committed in the U.S.
  • The drug Diazepam has over 500 different brand-names worldwide.
  • Approximately 28% of teens know at least one person who has used Ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one person who has tried it.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Methamphetamine (MA), a variant of amphetamine, was first synthesized in Japan in 1893 by Nagayoshi Nagai from the precursor chemical ephedrine.
  • The number of habitual cocaine users has declined by 75% since 1986, but it's still a popular drug for many people.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Methamphetamine can be swallowed, snorted, smoked and injected by users.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Nearly a third of all stimulant abuse takes the form of amphetamine diet pills.
  • In 1898 a German chemical company launched a new medicine called Heroin'.
  • Every day in the US, 2,500 youth (12 to 17) abuse a prescription pain reliever for the first time.
  • Over 750,000 people have used LSD within the past year.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • People who regularly use heroin often develop a tolerance, which means that they need higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.

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