Heroin

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Heroin

• Morgan Keeler
• B4 Health
• Coach Hutson

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What is it?

• Analgesic (painkiller)
• Synthesized from morphine
• Type of recreational drug
• Causes sensation of euphoria
• Commonly sold as white or brown powder
• Also sold as black sticky substance called Black
  Tar Heroin

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What is in it?

• Derived from the opium poppy seed from the
  certain poppy plants

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What are its forms?

• Can be in a white crystalline form
• This is a hydrochloride salt
• Can be in a white powder form
• Heroin freebase (most natural form)

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How can you take it?

• Add water to powder, boil and inject into muscles
  (effect takes 5-8m) or veins (7-8s)
• Snort lines in powder form
• Smoked in joints like marijuana

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What are its street names?

• Big H
• Scag
• Shit
• Jive
• Shag
• Junk
• Schmeck
• Black Tar
• From Mexico

• Horse
• Tecata
• Harry Jones
• Mexican Mud
• Judas
• Dope
• Smack
• This is the most common

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What are the affects?

• BRAIN
• Depresses central nervous system
• Nerve transmission in sensory pathways of spinal
  cord and brain
• Makes it effective pain killer
• Controls coughing and breathing
• Stimulates a pleasure sense with dopamine

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What are the affects?

• BODY
• body disintegrates in health b/c money spent on
  heroin, not food, ect.
• Reduced respiration and coughing
• Reduced pain and anxiety
• Heroin alone is not toxic to body
• Tolerance, Addiction
• Withdrawal (addicts need heroine every 6-12hrs to
  prevent withdrawals)

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Is it addictive?

• Heroin is extremely addictive
• It is not used medically as a painkiller because
  of how quickly you can be addicted

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Physiologically?

• You can suffer severe withdrawals after using it
  for only 3 days
• Withdrawals can include fever, sweating, shaking,
  and chills
• Without help, symptoms last for about a week
• Cravings may last for years

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Psychological?

• People think they need it because it makes them
  feel relaxed

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How does it make you feel?

• Euphoric rush lasts from 45s to a few min.
• Then you feel tranquil and sedated for up to a
  hour
• New users - possible nausea or vomiting

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How do you know if someone is using it?

• Symptoms
• Pinpoint pupils
• Slowed breathing
• Sluggishness/ drowsiness
• Sweating
• Track marks if used often

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Getting Help

• 24 hour Heroin Addiction Hotline
• 1.866.535.7925
• Rehab centers across the country help people to
  loose their dependence on heroin