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Drug Facts

  • Heroin withdrawal occurs within just a few hours since the last use. Symptoms include diarrhea, insomnia, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and bone and muscle pain.
  • By survey, almost 50% of teens believe that prescription drugs are much safer than illegal street drugs60% to 70% say that home medicine cabinets are their source of drugs.
  • Chronic crystal meth users also often display poor hygiene, a pale, unhealthy complexion, and sores on their bodies from picking at 'crank bugs' - the tactile hallucination that tweakers often experience.
  • Nearly 170,000 people try heroin for the first time every year. That number is steadily increasing.
  • Prescription painkillers are powerful drugs that interfere with the nervous system's transmission of the nerve signals we perceive as pain.
  • Illicit drug use in the United States has been increasing.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • The most commonly abused brand-name painkillers include Vicodin, Oxycodone, OxyContin and Percocet.
  • These days, taking pills is acceptable: there is the feeling that there is a "pill for everything".
  • Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company of Germany and marketed as a treatment for tuberculosis as well as a remedy for morphine addiction.
  • Morphine's use as a treatment for opium addiction was initially well received as morphine has about ten times more euphoric effects than the equivalent amount of opium. Over the years, however, morphine abuse increased.
  • Most people use drugs for the first time when they are teenagers. There were just over 2.8 million new users (initiates) of illicit drugs in 2012, or about 7,898 new users per day. Half (52 per-cent) were under 18.
  • GHB is often referred to as Liquid Ecstasy, Easy Lay, Liquid X and Goop
  • Meth can lead to your body overheating, to convulsions and to comas, eventually killing you.
  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that more than 9.5% of youths aged 12 to 17 in the US were current illegal drug users.
  • Statistics say that prohibition made Alcohol abuse worse, with more people drinking more than ever.
  • Over 26 percent of all Ambien-related ER cases were admitted to a critical care unit or ICU.
  • Nearly 2/3 of those found in addiction recovery centers report sexual or physical abuse as children.
  • Narcotics is the legal term for mood altering drugs.
  • 80% of methadone-related deaths were deemed accidental, even though most cases involved other drugs.

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