Drug Facts

Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
37% of people claim that the U.S. is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
Alcoholism has been found to be genetically inherited in some families.
The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
Mixing Adderall with Alcohol increases the risk of cardiovascular problems.
Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
Painkillers are among the most commonly abused prescription drugs.