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Heroin itself is made from morphine, a highly potent painkiller which occurs naturally in the latex sap of the seed pod of the opium poppy, known as opium.
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Smack, horse, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, china white, and cheese.
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It look like a fine white powered but more often, it is found to be rose gray, brown or black in color. The various additives do not fully dissolve.
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Injected: Injecting a drug intravenously means that more of the drug will reach the brain more quickly. Smoked: Smoking Heroin or also known as (AKA) chasing the dragon is a method of intake for the drug heroin Snorted: Snorting involves inhaling heroin powder through the nose. It then enters the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. It is usually snorted by using a straw or rolled up paper. According to the Harm Reduction Coalition, it takes about 10 minutes to feel the effects of heroin when snorted.:
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Drowsiness Impaired coordination Dizziness Confusion Nausea Heaviness in the body Slow breathing HIV addiction
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Shallow breathing, pinpoint pupils, bluish skin, fingernails, and lips, weak pulse, low blood pressure, constipation cold/ clammy skin, seizures, Drowsiness, Dry Mouth.
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Yes! It has been proven time after time that alcoholism and drug addiction are amenable to treatment. Each year, millions of Americans celebrate another anniversary of sobriety, surrounded by grateful family members who remember the agony and misery of days gone by.
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When you stop using the drug you can suffer physical or emotional problems because you have become addicted or dependent on it
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Dry mouth, sudden change behavior or action, craving to take more, depression, anxious, irritable, body pain, excessive bodily fluids, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, restlessness, and sleep problem.
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Central: Euphoria, Alternately Mouth: Dryness Skin: warm flushed Respiratory: slowed breathing Muscular: weakness
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Central: Addiction, Tolerance, Dependence. Circulatory: collapsed veins Heart: infection of heart, living and values when smoked or snorted Liver: Decreased, function Systemic: Abscesses
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Myths: heroin is less dangerous when smoked or snorted Facts: heroin is a deadly, highly addiction drug Myth: Its only abused by older drug user Facts: Its abused by any one who use Heroin Myth: Heroin user become addicted instantly Facts: You get addicted with in 3 days Facts: Was commonly used as cough syrup, it was first manufactured in 1898 and marketed as a treatment for tubercuosis
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