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Drug Facts

  • Heroin is known on the streets as: Smack, horse, black, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China white, Mexican black tar
  • Attempts were made to use heroin in place of morphine due to problems of morphine abuse.
  • Those who abuse barbiturates are at a higher risk of getting pneumonia or bronchitis.
  • Unintentional deaths by poison were related to prescription drug overdoses in 84% of the poison cases.
  • Drug addicts are not the only ones affected by drug addiction.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Nearly 50% of all emergency room admissions from poisonings are attributed to drug abuse or misuse.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • Over a quarter million of drug-related emergency room visits are related to heroin abuse.
  • Children who learn the dangers of drugs and alcohol early have a better chance of not getting hooked.
  • 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.
  • Paint thinner and glue can cause birth defects similar to that of alcohol.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • Methadone generally stays in the system longer than heroin up to 59 hours, according to the FDA, compared to heroin's 4 6 hours.
  • Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world.
  • Nicknames for Alprazolam include Alprax, Kalma, Nu-Alpraz, and Tranax.
  • Every day in America, approximately 10 young people between the ages of 13 and 24 are diagnosed with HIV/AIDSand many of them are infected through risky behaviors associated with drug use.
  • Daily hashish users have a 50% chance of becoming fully dependent on it.
  • Because it is smoked, the effects of crack cocaine are more immediate and more intense than that of powdered cocaine.
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.

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