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Drug Facts

  • People inject, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, called a speedball.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • Substance abuse costs the health care system about $11 billion, with overall costs reaching $193 billion.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Nearly half of those who use heroin reportedly started abusing prescription pain killers before they ever used heroin.
  • 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.
  • Heroin is manufactured from opium poppies cultivated in four primary source areas: South America, Southeast and Southwest Asia, and Mexico.
  • 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.
  • Ritalin is easy to get, and cheap.
  • Inhalants are sniffed or breathed in where they are absorbed quickly by the lungs, this is commonly referred to as "huffing" or "bagging".
  • Two thirds of teens who abuse prescription pain relievers got them from family or friends, often without their knowledge, such as stealing them from the medicine cabinet.
  • Methadone came about during WW2 due to a shortage of morphine.
  • Women who abuse drugs are more prone to sexually transmitted diseases and mental health problems such as depression.
  • 26.9 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they engaged in binge drinking in the past month.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • Today, a total of 12 Barbiturates are under international control.
  • In Connecticut overdoses have claimed at least eight lives of high school and college-age students in communities large and small in 2008.
  • Crack Cocaine was first developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970's.

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