Fight against drugs: photos to shock prevention An American association aired pictures of people drugged with heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine. Their evolution over the years is frightening, and it is precisely the objective: to show how the drug gradually transformed the appearance of consumers, to the real physical decline.

The photos are linked, each more terrifying than each other. To raise awareness, the American Association of narcotics, Rehab, decided to shock. How ? Disseminating pictures of people arrested by the police for offenses related to drug use.

Ravaged faces

In a clip produced by the association, is seen in a few years, chubby faces turn under the effect of regular consumption of heroin, cocaine, opiates or amphetamines. Dilated pupils, skin ravaged by pimples and abscesses, damaged teeth, dug traits ... Evolution is frightening.

A similar campaign in 2012

The combination of the finger tip of each drug effects on physical appearance and hopes to have a deterrent effect. Already in 2012, Rehab was performed the same work by focusing on methamphetamines consumers. This is a policeman of Oregon that would have started airing similar shots after finding the physical degradation of addicts arrested persons. His work have inspired this association.

There would, in the US, 1.6 million cocaine users, 1.1 million hallucinogens and 300,000 methamphetamine.