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Drug Facts

  • According to the Department of Justice, the top destination in the United States for heroin shipments is the Chicago metro area.
  • 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.
  • Women who use needles run the risk of acquiring HIV or AIDS, thus passing it on to their unborn child.
  • 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
  • Crack cocaine is one of the most powerful illegal drugs when it comes to producing psychological dependence.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Ecstasy can cause you to dehydrate.
  • Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcoticthe same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines.
  • A biochemical abnormality in the liver forms in 80 percent of Steroid users.
  • Opiate-based drugs have risen by over 80% in less than four years.
  • Heroin stays in a person's system 1-10 days.
  • Over 60% of deaths from drug overdoses are accredited to prescription drugs.
  • Those who have become addicted to heroin and stop using the drug abruptly may have severe withdrawal.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • Oxycontin is know on the street as the hillbilly heroin.
  • During this time, Anti-Depressant use among all ages increased by almost 400 percent.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Heroin tablets manufactured by The Fraser Tablet Companywere marketed for the relief of asthma.
  • Heroin is sold and used in a number of forms including white or brown powder, a black sticky substance (tar heroin), and solid black chunks.

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