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Drug Facts

  • Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide and manufactures 74% of illicit opiates. However, Mexico is the leading supplier to the U.S
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • In the past 15 years, abuse of prescription drugs, including powerful opioid painkillers such as oxycodone and hydrocodone, has risen alarmingly among all ages, growing fastest among college-age adults, who lead all age groups in the misuse of medications.
  • 45%of people who use heroin were also addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.
  • Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine.
  • Anti-Depressants are often combined with Alcohol, which increases the risk of poisoning and overdose.
  • Research suggests that misuse of prescription opioid pain medicine is a risk factor for starting heroin use.
  • Medial drugs include prescription medication, cold and allergy meds, pain relievers and antibiotics.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Approximately 1.3 million people in Utah reported Methamphetamine use in the past year, and 512,000 reported current or use within in the past month.
  • After time, a heroin user's sense of smell and taste become numb and may disappear.
  • Drug abuse and addiction is a chronic, relapsing, compulsive disease that often requires formal treatment, and may call for multiple courses of treatment.
  • In 2012, nearly 2.5 million individuals abused prescription drugs for the first time.
  • There are many types of drug and alcohol rehab available throughout the world.
  • Most heroin is injected, creating additional risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS or other infection on top of the pain of addiction.
  • There is inpatient treatment and outpatient.
  • Anorectic drugs have increased in order to suppress appetites, especially among teenage girls and models.
  • A heroin overdose causes slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and can be fatal.
  • Phenobarbital was soon discovered and marketed as well as many other barbituric acid derivatives
  • More than half of new illicit drug users begin with marijuana. Next most common are prescription pain relievers, followed by inhalants (which is most common among younger teens).

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