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Drug Facts

  • Drug addiction and abuse can be linked to at least of all major crimes committed in the United States.
  • Heroin belongs to a group of drugs known as 'opioids' that are from the opium poppy.
  • In 2014, Mexican heroin accounted for 79 percent of the total weight of heroin analyzed under the HSP. The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • 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
  • A binge is uncontrolled use of a drug or alcohol.
  • Decreased access to dopamine often results in symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used for the first time. Approximately 7,000 people try marijuana for the first time every day.
  • Many veterans who are diagnosed with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) drink or abuse drugs.
  • Ecstasy is one of the most popular drugs among youth today.
  • 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.
  • The intense high a heroin user seeks lasts only a few minutes.
  • Ecstasy increases levels of several chemicals in the brain, including serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. It alters your mood and makes you feel closer and more connected to others.
  • 90% of people are exposed to illegal substance before the age of 18.
  • Alcohol increases birth defects in babies known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
  • Oxycodone is usually swallowed but is sometimes injected or used as a suppository.
  • Twenty-five percent of those who began abusing prescription drugs at age 13 or younger met clinical criteria for addiction sometime in their life.
  • There are programs for alcohol addiction.
  • Meperidine (brand name Demerol) and hydromorphone (Dilaudid) come in tablets and propoxyphene (Darvon) in capsules, but all three have been known to be crushed and injected, snorted or smoked.
  • When injected, it can cause decay of muscle tissues and closure of blood vessels.

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