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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine blocks dopamine re-uptake, methamphetamine also increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse, which can be toxic to nerve terminals.
  • Flashbacks can occur in people who have abused hallucinogens even months after they stop taking them.
  • 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.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Out of all the benzodiazepine emergency room visits 78% of individuals are using other substances.
  • Amphetamines are generally swallowed, injected or smoked. They are also snorted.
  • 2.5 million emergency department visits are attributed to drug misuse or overdose.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • From 1992 to 2003, teen abuse of prescription drugs jumped 212 percent nationally, nearly three times the increase of misuse among other adults.
  • In addition, users may have cracked teeth due to extreme jaw-clenching during a Crystral Meth high.
  • Over 60 percent of Americans on Anti-Depressants have been taking them for two or more years.
  • Over 200,000 people have abused Ketamine within the past year.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • Many who overdose on barbiturates display symptoms of being drunk, such as slurred speech and uncoordinated movements.
  • Heroin enters the brain very quickly, making it particularly addictive. It's estimated that almost one-fourth of the people who try heroin become addicted.
  • Its rock form is far more addictive and potent than its powder form.

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