By

Dakoda Aguirre

Heroin

*History of Heroin

* It is extracted from natural opium sources like poppy flowers.

* It was created by a doctor when he experimented with mixing morphine and various acids.

* It gained popularity after it had been re-synthesized 23 years afterwards by a different chemist.

* It is a depressant

*Appearance

*It comes in a tar kind of substance or a hard rock.

*Sometimes a powder

*Common street names

*Brown Sugar

*Junk

*Skag

*Mud

*Dragon

*Dope

*Tar

*Methods of use

*You can either shoot up or smoke it off tin foil which is called “ chasing the dragon “

*You can also snort it

*The Withdrawls are the worse…

*http://youtu.be/NaMgdlUcsko

*Warning signs and effects

*Droopy appearance

*Skinny (sucked up)

*Track marks

*Small pupils

*Wearing long pants or long sleeves to hide needle marks, even in very warm weather

*Warning signs and effects

*Loss of motivation and apathy toward future goals

*Burned silver spoons

*Repeatedly stealing or borrowing money from loved ones or unexplained absence of valuables

*Interesting facts

*When a user stops quick they experiences physical withdrawal which can begin within just a few hours since the last use

*Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last dose and can last up to a week

*Withdrawals make them throw up and they get muscle and bone pain

*Interesting facts

*Originally heroin was marketed as both cough medicine and as a non-addictive replacement for morphine.

*Ninety-five percent of the world’s legal heroin consumption is for medical use in Britain.

* It can take just three days of regular use for a heroin user to become addicted. After this the user will get physical withdrawal symptoms if he stops using.