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Drug Facts

  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • 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.
  • Hallucinogens do not always produce hallucinations.
  • Over 53 Million Opiate-based prescriptions are filled each year.
  • In 2010, 42,274 emergency rooms visits were due to Ambien.
  • Every day 2,000 teens in the United States try prescription drugs to get high for the first time
  • 31% of rock star deaths are related to drugs or alcohol.
  • Currently 7.1 million adults, over 2 percent of the population in the U.S. are locked up or on probation; about half of those suffer from some kind of addiction to heroin, alcohol, crack, crystal meth, or some other drug but only 20 percent of those addicts actually get effective treatment as a result of their involvement with the judicial system.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Heroin use more than doubled among young adults ages 1825 in the past decade
  • More than fourty percent of people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Other names of ecstasy include Eckies, E, XTC, pills, pingers, bikkies, flippers, and molly.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.
  • Methadone is a synthetic opioid analgesic (painkiller) used to treat chronic pain.
  • Codeine is a prescription drug, and is part of a group of drugs known as opioids.
  • Approximately 3% of high school seniors say they have tried heroin at least once in the past year.

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