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Drug Facts

  • Heroin can lead to addiction, a form of substance use disorder. Withdrawal symptoms include muscle and bone pain, sleep problems, diarrhea and vomiting, and severe heroin cravings.
  • 55% of all inhalant-related deaths are nearly instantaneous, known as 'Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.'
  • 5,477 individuals were found guilty of crack cocaine-related crimes. More than 95% of these offenders had been involved in crack cocaine trafficking.
  • Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion annually.
  • Using Crack Cocaine, even once, can result in life altering addiction.
  • Slang Terms for Heroin:Smack, Dope, Junk, Mud, Skag, Brown Sugar, Brown, 'H', Big H, Horse, Charley, China White, Boy, Harry, Mr. Brownstone, Dr. Feelgood
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.
  • Street heroin is rarely pure and may range from a white to dark brown powder of varying consistency.
  • More teenagers die from taking prescription drugs than the use of cocaine AND heroin combined.
  • Illicit drug use in America has been increasing. In 2012, an estimated 23.9 million Americans aged 12 or olderor 9.2 percent of the populationhad used an illicit drug or abused a psychotherapeutic medication (such as a pain reliever, stimulant, or tranquilizer) in the past month. This is up from 8.3 percent in 2002. The increase mostly reflects a recent rise in the use of marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The 2013 World Drug Report reported that Afghanistan is the leading producer and cultivator of opium worldwide, manufacturing 74 percent of illicit opiates. Mexico, however, is the leading supplier to the United States.
  • Some common street names for Amphetamines include: speed, uppers, black mollies, blue mollies, Benz and wake ups.
  • The effects of methadone last much longer than the effects of heroin. A single dose lasts for about 24 hours, whereas a dose of heroin may only last for a couple of hours.
  • Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs): A measure of years of life lost or lived in less than full health.
  • 90% of deaths from poisoning are directly caused by drug overdoses.
  • Marijuana affects hormones in both men and women, leading to sperm reduction, inhibition of ovulation and even causing birth defects in babies exposed to marijuana use before birth.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Between 2000 and 2006 the average number of alcohol related motor vehicle crashes in Utah resulting in death was approximately 59, resulting in an average of nearly 67 fatalities per year.

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