Facts
- Percocet is only available by prescription, although it is available on the street and individuals that are addicted to the drug will pay $5 to $10 a pill.
- Use of barbiturates decreases REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, during which dreaming takes place, and therefore withdrawal often results in sleep disruptions such as nightmares, insomnia, or vivid dreaming.
- Methamphetamine is a white, odorless, bitter-tasting powder which can be taken orally or by snorting or injecting the drug, or as a rock "crystal" that is heated and smoked.
- Lortab is sold illicitly right alongside illicit street drugs such as heroin, and many opiate users who are withdrawing from drugs such as heroin turn to drugs such as Lortab to stop withdrawal symptoms and get their high.
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