 Drug prevention and education
Helping children and teenagers to "just say no" to drugs becomes a little easier with ...
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METH Users are prone to violent actions
April 27, 2003 - HILLSBORO Ð Lt. Chuck Middleton, of the Highland County Sheriff’s Office ...
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The Onset of Addiction
Bellingham's Bouchard said her brother's battle with drugs began when he tried alcohol for the ...
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Studies of alcoholics have found that heavy consumption of alcohol can lead to neurodegeneration, death of brain cells and reduced brain tissue mass, and subsequent damaging effects such as a lack of impulse control and difficulty in setting goals.
The number of Americans that use cocaine weekly has remained steady at around a half million since 1983 according to the 1993 Household Drug Survey; 582,000 (0.3% of the population) were frequent cocaine users in 1995 (frequent meaning use on 51 or more d
Marijuana is classified as a "psychotropic" or "psychoactive" drug and is highly addictive for some individuals.
Withdrawal from heroin should be over after seven to ten days. Withdrawal from methadone though, can take up to a month or even longer.
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Oxycontin Facts
- OxyContin, approved by the FDA in 1995,
is a time-released form of oxycodone, an opium derivative, which is the same active
ingredient in Percodan and Percocet.
- The
powerful prescription pain reliever has become a hot new street drug that has
resulted in more than 120 deaths nationwide.
- 5mg
of OXY has as much active ingredient (oxycodone) as One percocet.
- OxyContin
has been referred to as "hillbilly heroin" or "the poor man's heroin."
- OxyContin,
marketed by Purdue Pharma L.P., has been linked to addiction, suffering and death
of patients using this prescription painkiller.
- Addiction
and abuse of the drug, crime and fatal overdoses have all been reported as a result
of OxyContin use.
- OxyContin
is intended for use by terminal cancer patients and chronic pain sufferers.
- It
has been reported that OxyContin's sales exceeded $1 billion in the United States
in the year 2000.
- Purdue Pharma temporarily
suspended shipment of OxyContin in 160 mg dosages to help curb abuse.
- Doctors,
pharmacists and law-enforcement officials say that the manufacturer of OxyContin
has overpromoted the benefits and utility of the drug without providing enough
warning about the potential for abuse.
- OxyContin
abusers either crush the tablet and ingest or snort it or dilute it in water and
inject it.
- Individuals addicted to
OxyContin will crush or dilute the tablet to override the time-release action of
the medication which causes a quick, powerful high.
- Great
profits are being made in the illegal sale of OxyContin. A 40-milligram pill costs
approximately $4 by prescription, but it may sell for $20 to $40 on the street,
depending on the area of the country in which the drug is sold.
- Opioids
like OxyContin and heroin block pain messengers to the brain and central nervous
system.
- Oxycontin increases the amount
of dopamine in the brain which causes increased feelings of pleasure and euphoria.
- OxyContin
addiction creeps up on the individual until acquiring the drug becomes a full
time obsession affecting friends, family, career, kids, finances and possibly
involving the police.
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