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Drug Facts

  • In 1805, morphine and codeine were isolated from opium, and morphine was used as a cure for opium addiction since its addictive characteristics were not known.
  • Snorting drugs can create loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, frequent runny nose, and problems with swallowing.
  • 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.
  • Tweaking makes achieving the original high difficult, causing frustration and unstable behavior in the user.
  • Pharmacological treatment for depression began with MAOIs and tricyclics dating back to the 1950's.
  • Those who complete prison-based treatment and continue with treatment in the community have the best outcomes.
  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • Amphetamines + some antidepressants: elevated blood pressure, which can lead to irregular heartbeat, heart failure and stroke.
  • 93% of the world's opium supply came from Afghanistan.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug.
  • After hitting the market, Ativan was used to treat insomnia, vertigo, seizures, and alcohol withdrawal.
  • Almost 38 million people have admitted to have used cocaine in their lifetime.
  • US National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that 8.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported having used crack.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • 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.
  • More than 10 percent of U.S. children live with a parent with alcohol problems.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • Substance abuse and addiction also affects other areas, such as broken families, destroyed careers, death due to negligence or accident, domestic violence, physical abuse, and child abuse.

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