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Drug Facts

  • More than 29% of teens in treatment are there because of an addiction to prescription medication.
  • People who inject drugs such as heroin are at high risk of contracting the HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) virus.
  • 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
  • Crack cocaine is derived from powdered cocaine offering a euphoric high that is even more stimulating than powdered cocaine.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Mixing Ativan with depressants, such as alcohol, can lead to seizures, coma and death.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • 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.
  • Oxycodone use specifically has escalated by over 240% over the last five years.
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Cocaine use can lead to death from respiratory (breathing) failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) or heart attack.
  • Ecstasy causes hypothermia, which leads to muscle breakdown and could cause kidney failure.
  • Some effects from of long-acting barbiturates can last up to two days.
  • Children under 16 who abuse prescription drugs are at greater risk of getting addicted later in life.
  • Crystal meth comes in clear chunky crystals resembling ice and is most commonly smoked.
  • Hallucinogen rates have risen by over 30% over the past twenty years.
  • About 16 million individuals currently abuse prescription medications
  • 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.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Cocaine is a stimulant drug, which means that it speeds up the messages travelling between the brain and the rest of the body.

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