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 ID: 543830
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HEROIN
A depressant
By: Jake Rudloff and Lindsay knuppSlide2
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.”Slide3
Smack
HTar
JunkBrown sugar
Dragon
He boy
White
Black
BrownSkunkSnow
Slang names Slide4
How it enters the body
Injected
Inhaled- Snorting or Sniffing
SmokedSlide5
Medical Uses
There is no medical use for heroinSlide6
Effects
“Rush”- warm feeling of skin & dry mouth
VomitingDrowsiness
Slowed breathing
Itchy skin
delusions
Infected heart lining
Weakened Immune System
ComaMemory loss
Depression
Insomnia
Collapsed veins
Short Term Long TermSlide7
Statistics
23% of individuals who use heroin become dependent
Heroin cravings can continue years after drug use is stoppedThere is no specific age that it is most common with.Slide8
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. Slide9
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Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms - Short-Term Side Effects of Heroin - Drug-Free World
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"The Three Main Categories of Drugs."
The Three Main Categories of Drugs. Ceida, 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 11 Dec. 2014."11 Facts About Heroin." DoSomething.org
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Casa Palmera
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Quigley, J.T. "Pakistan: The Most Heroin-Addicted Country in the World."
The Diplomat
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