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Drug Facts

  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • 1 in 5 adolescents have admitted to using tranquilizers for nonmedical purposes.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • LSD (AKA: Acid, blotter, cubes, microdot, yellow sunshine, blue heaven, Cid): an odorless, colorless chemical that comes from ergot, a fungus that grows on grains.
  • Because of the tweaker's unpredictability, there have been reports that they can react violently, which can lead to involvement in domestic disputes, spur-of-the-moment crimes, or motor vehicle accidents.
  • These physical signs are more difficult to identify if the tweaker has been using a depressant such as alcohol; however, if the tweaker has been using a depressant, his or her negative feelings - including paranoia and frustration - can increase substantially.
  • Alcohol misuse cost the United States $249.0 billion.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Methamphetamine usually comes in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless, bitter-tasting and dissolves easily in water or alcohol.
  • The most dangerous stage of methamphetamine abuse occurs when an abuser has not slept in 3-15 days and is irritable and paranoid. This behavior is referred to as 'tweaking,' and the user is known as the 'tweaker'.
  • Withdrawal from methadone is often even more difficult than withdrawal from heroin.
  • Medical consequences of chronic heroin injection abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Men and women who suddenly stop drinking can have severe withdrawal symptoms.
  • The duration of cocaine's effects depends on the route of administration.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.

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