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Drug Facts

  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • Benzodiazepines ('Benzos'), like brand-name medications Valium and Xanax, are among the most commonly prescribed depressants in the US.
  • Selling and sharing prescription drugs is not legal.
  • Approximately 500,000 individuals annually abuse prescription medications for their first time.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Barbiturates Caused the death of many celebrities such as Jimi Hendrix and Marilyn Monroe
  • Steroids are often abused by those who want to build muscle mass.
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.
  • The euphoric feeling of cocaine is then followed by a crash filled with depression and paranoia.
  • 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.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Nearly 40% of stimulant abusers first began using before the age of 18.
  • Drug use can interfere with the fetus' organ formation, which takes place during the first ten weeks of conception.
  • Stimulants like Khat cause up to 170,000 emergency room admissions each year.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Ativan, a known Benzodiazepine, was first marketed in 1977 as an anti-anxiety drug.
  • There were over 20,000 ecstasy-related emergency room visits in 2011
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Other psychological symptoms include manic behavior, psychosis (losing touch with reality) and aggression, commonly known as 'Roid Rage'.

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