HEROIN A depressant By: Jake Rudloff and Lindsay knupp

Description: Heroin is an opioid drug that is synthesized from morphine Morphine - naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder or as a black sticky substance, known as “black tar heroin.”

Smack H Tar Junk Brown sugar Dragon He boy White Black Brown Skunk Snow Slang names

How it enters the body Injected Inhaled- Snorting or Sniffing Smoked

Medical Uses There is no medical use for heroin

Effects “Rush”- warm feeling of skin & dry mouth Vomiting Drowsiness Slowed breathing Itchy skin delusions Infected heart lining Weakened Immune System Coma Memory loss Depression Insomnia Collapsed veins Short Term Long Term

Statistics 23% of individuals who use heroin become dependent Heroin cravings can continue years after drug use is stopped There is no specific age that it is most common with.

Interesting facts About 9.2 million people use heroin Pakistan has the most heroin users in the world. Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer pharmaceutical company in Germany and was a treatment for tuberculosis.

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