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Drug Facts

  • Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of overdose or death.
  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Over 80% of individuals have confidence that prescription drug abuse will only continue to grow.
  • GHB is a popular drug at teen parties and "raves".
  • Emergency room admissions from prescription opiate abuse have risen by over 180% over the last five years.
  • A person can become more tolerant to heroin so, after a short time, more and more heroin is needed to produce the same level of intensity.
  • Heroin addiction was blamed for a number of the 260 murders that occurred in 1922 in New York (which compared with seventeen in London). These concerns led the US Congress to ban all domestic manufacture of heroin in 1924.
  • Morphine was first extracted from opium in a pure form in the early nineteenth century.
  • The strongest risk for heroin addiction is addiction to opioid painkillers.
  • Oxycodone is as powerful as heroin and affects the nervous system the same way.
  • The most prominent drugs being abused in Alabama and requiring rehabilitation were Marijuana, Alcohol and Cocaine in 2006 5,927 people were admitted for Marijuana, 3,446 for Alcohol and an additional 2,557 admissions for Cocaine and Crack.
  • Illegal drug use is declining while prescription drug abuse is rising thanks to online pharmacies and illegal selling.
  • Some designer drugs have risen by 80% within a single year.
  • Oxycontin has risen by over 80% within three years.
  • Ecstasy is sometimes mixed with substances such as rat poison.
  • Marijuana is known as the "gateway" drug for a reason: those who use it often move on to other drugs that are even more potent and dangerous.
  • Heroin is a 'downer,' which means it's a depressant that slows messages traveling between the brain and body.
  • One in five adolescents have admitted to abusing inhalants.
  • The number of people receiving treatment for addiction to painkillers and sedatives has doubled since 2002.
  • While the use of many street drugs is on a slight decline in the US, abuse of prescription drugs is growing.

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