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Drug Facts

  • 50% of adolescents mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs.
  • Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is also known as Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,Thunder
  • Crack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the oppositeintense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
  • Heroin can be smoked using a method called 'chasing the dragon.'
  • 11.6% of those arrested used crack in the previous week.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • A tweaker can appear normal - eyes clear, speech concise, and movements brisk; however, a closer look will reveal that the person's eyes are moving ten times faster than normal, the voice has a slight quiver, and movements are quick and jerky.
  • When abused orally, side effects can include slurred speech, seizures, delirium and vertigo.
  • Taking Steroids raises the risk of aggression and irritability to over 56 percent.
  • Alcohol poisoning deaths are most common among ages 35-64 years old.
  • Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle.
  • The addictive properties of Barbiturates finally gained recognition in the 1950's.
  • Teens who start with alcohol are more likely to try cocaine than teens who do not drink.
  • Over 13.5 million people admit to using opiates worldwide.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Prescription opioid pain medicines such as OxyContin and Vicodin have effects similar to heroin.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.

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