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Drug Facts

  • 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.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • MDMA is known on the streets as: Molly, ecstasy, XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug, beans, love drug, lovers' speed, peace, uppers.
  • Ambien, the commonly prescribed sleep aid, is also known as Zolpidem.
  • Gang affiliation and drugs go hand in hand.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Today, heroin is known to be a more potent and faster acting painkiller than morphine because it passes more readily from the bloodstream into the brain.
  • Cocaine use can cause the placenta to separate from the uterus, causing internal bleeding.
  • Drinking behavior in women differentiates according to their age; many resemble the pattern of their husbands, single friends or married friends, whichever is closest to their own lifestyle and age.
  • Prescription medications are legal drugs.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • Women who have an abortion are more prone to turn to alcohol or drug abuse afterward.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • A 2007 survey in the US found that 3.3% of 12- to 17-year-olds and 6% of 17- to 25-year-olds had abused prescription drugs in the past month.
  • Half of all Ambien related ER visits involved other drug interaction.
  • Drug addiction is a serious problem that can be treated and managed throughout its course.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.

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