What is Heroin and it's Effects?
Heroin, synthesized from morphine and acetic anhydride, was invented in 1874 by C.R. Alder Wright, an English Chemist. In 1898, Bayer began marketing heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute. Heroin was also used for a wide variety of ailments, including colds, coughs, diarrhea, and pain.

The British Pharmaceutical Codex stated that heroin was just as addictive as morphine in 1911, and in 1913, Bayer stopped production of the so-called "wonder drug." About a decade later, in 1924, the Heroin Act made the sale, manufacturing, and possession of heroin illegal in the United States of America.

Heroin can be used in a variety of ways, depending on user preference and the purity of the drug. Heroin can be injected into a vein (“mainlining”), injected into a muscle, smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in a Marijuana joint or regular cigarette, inhaled as smoke through a straw, known as “chasing the dragon,” snorted as powder via the nose

Overview:

• An addictive drug processed from morphine
• Usually appears in the form of a white or brown powder
• Usually appears in the form of a white or brown powder
• Although it is synthesized from morphine it is even more addictive than morphine.

Appearance:
White or Brown Powder

Street Names:
Black tar, White girl, Lady, Smack, Brown sugar, Goods, Junk, H, Harry, Horse

Routes of Administration

• Injecting
• Snorting
• Smoking

Short - Term Effects

• Heroin initially produces a feeling of tranquility and euphoria followed by drowsiness, nausea, vomiting.
• Users who inject heroin may also experience a “rush” as the drug circulates through the body.
• Warm flush feeling of the skin
• Dry mouth
• Constipation
• Severe itching
• Suppressed appetite
• Suppressed Sexual Desire
• Tolerance to pain increased
  

Long - Term Effects

• Infection of HIV/AIDS
• Hepatitis
• Collapsed veins
• Bacterial infections
• Abscesses
• Infection of heart lining and valves
• Arthritis and other rheumatologic problems
• Ultimately Death

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