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Drug Facts

  • Drug addiction is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences.
  • 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.
  • The effects of heroin can last three to four hours.
  • Hydrocodone is used in combination with other chemicals and is available in prescription pain medications as tablets, capsules and syrups.
  • More than 50% of abused medications are obtained from a friend or family member.
  • Most people who take heroin will become addicted within 12 weeks of consistent use.
  • Methadone is an opiate agonist that has a series of actions similar to those of heroin and other medications derived from the opium poppy.
  • Approximately 13.5 million people worldwide take opium-like substances (opioids), including 9.2 million who use heroin.
  • 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.
  • Methamphetamine is an illegal drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs.
  • Long-term use of painkillers can lead to dependence, even for people who are prescribed them to relieve a medical condition but eventually fall into the trap of abuse and addiction.
  • Veterans who fought in combat had higher risk of becoming addicted to drugs or becoming alcoholics than veterans who did not see combat.
  • It is estimated that 80% of new hepatitis C infections occur among those who use drugs intravenously, such as heroin users.
  • In 2008, the Thurston County Narcotics Task Force seized about 700 Oxycontin tablets that had been diverted for illegal use, said task force commander Lt. Lorelei Thompson.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • In Russia, Krokodil is estimated to kill 30,000 people each year.
  • Only 9% of people actually get help for substance use and addiction.
  • 37% of individuals claim that the United States is losing ground in the war on prescription drug abuse.
  • Nicotine is so addictive that many smokers who want to stop just can't give up cigarettes.
  • Heroin creates both a physical and psychological dependence.

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