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Drug Facts

  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Opiate-based drug abuse contributes to over 17,000 deaths each year.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • In the course of the 20th century, more than 2500 barbiturates were synthesized, 50 of which were eventually employed clinically.
  • Ecstasy speeds up heart rate and blood pressure and disrupts the brain's ability to regulate body temperature, which can result in overheating to the point of hyperthermia.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • Opiates are medicines made from opium, which occurs naturally in poppy plants.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP.
  • In 1929, chemist Gordon Alles was looking for a treatment for asthma and tested the chemical now known as Amphetamine, a main component of Adderall, on himself.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • Heroin use has increased across the US among men and women, most age groups, and all income levels.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Prolonged use of cocaine can cause ulcers in the nostrils.
  • Second hand smoke can kill you. In the U.S. alone over 3,000 people die every year from cancer caused by second hand smoke.
  • Meth creates an immediate high that quickly fades. As a result, users often take it repeatedly, making it extremely addictive.

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