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Drug Facts

  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • A study by UCLA revealed that methamphetamines release nearly 4 times as much dopamine as cocaine, which means the substance is much more addictive.
  • Illicit drug use is estimated to cost $193 billion a year with $11 billion just in healthcare costs alone.
  • Nearly 23 Million people need treatment for chemical dependency.
  • Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.2
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • 3 Million people in the United States have been prescribed Suboxone to treat opioid addiction.
  • Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected.
  • In 2014, there were over 39,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the United States
  • Predatory drugs are drugs used to gain sexual advantage over the victim they include: Rohypnol (date rape drug), GHB and Ketamine.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 30,000 people may depend on over the counter drugs containing codeine, with middle-aged women most at risk, showing that "addiction to over-the-counter painkillers is becoming a serious problem.
  • A young German pharmacist called Friedrich Sertrner (1783-1841) had first applied chemical analysis to plant drugs, by purifying in 1805 the main active ingredient of opium
  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • The penalties for drug offenses vary from state to state.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription drug abuse have risen by over 130% over the last five years.
  • The sale of painkillers has increased by over 300% since 1999.

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