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Drug Task Force Investigating Fatal Frederick Co. Death
Chronic users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, cellulites, and liver disease. Pulmonary complications, including various types of pneumonia, may result from the poor health condition of the abuser, as …
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Lynch wants to ban new powerful prescription painkiller
On its website, the company says Zohydro provides an alternative to other opioid painkillers that contain acetaminophen, which can cause liver damage over time. It also says the drug will only be available in smaller doses than others like OxyContin …
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Maker of OxyContin developing tamper-resistant hydrocodone drug
The drug's California manufacturer, Zogenix, says the pure formulation allows for long-term use without the risk of liver damage and would offer a much-needed treatment for chronic pain sufferers. But critics have warned that such a formulation also …
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Heroin On The North Shore: It's Here, Now
What are long-term effects? The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention cites collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, liver disease, and pulmonary complications — or death. Withdrawal is horrendous–constant vomiting, …
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The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline
Usually, naloxone reverses the effects of an overdose almost immediately, but because the heroin had been laced with fentanyl, an opioid that can be hundreds of times more potent than heroin, nothing happened. She gave him another dose, and when the …
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Great American Smokeout urges smokers to quit
The brain receives the highest level of nicotine within 10 seconds of the first inhalation but the effect only lasts a few minutes, which causes the smoker to continue inhaling in order to maintain the drug's pleasurable effects and prevent withdrawal …
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Question by avavu: What can you tell me about heroin addiction?

Best answer:

Answer by Md. I
“What are the street names/slang terms for Heroin?

Big H, Blacktar, Brown sugar, Dope, Horse, Junk, Mud, Skag, Smack.

What is Heroin ?

Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a “downer” or depressant that affects the brain’s pleasure systems and interferes with the brain’s ability to perceive pain.

What does it look like?

White to dark brown powder or tar-like substance.

How is it used?

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.    Read more...

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Heroin is a particularly powerful addictive drug that is processed from morphine from the seedpod of Asian poppies. The end product of the process is a white or brown powder that can be sniffed, smoked or dissolved and injected directly into the bloodstream.

Some of the more common names for the drug on the street are smack, “H”, skag and junk.

First time users are attracted to the drug’s reputation for producing a euphoric rush.

The National Drug Intelligence Center reports that surveys estimate that 3,091,000 United States residents tried Heroin at least once in the year 2002. The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicates that 2% of high school seniors are among this number and that at least 1% of them inject the drug.

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Heroin is an addictive drug that is processed from morphine and usually appears as a white or brown powder. Its street names include smack, H, ska, junk, and many others. Heroin use is on the rise and it has become a serious problem in America.

Heroin abuse is associated with serious health conditions, including fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and, particularly in users who inject the drug, infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.

The short-term effects of heroin abuse appear soon after a single dose and disappear in a few hours. After an injection of heroin, the user reports feeling a surge of euphoria (“rush”) accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, a dry mouth, and heavy extremities. Following this initial euphoria, the user goes “on the nod,” an alternately wakeful and drowsy state. Mental functioning becomes clouded due to the depression of the central nervous system.    Read more...