Heroin Most Dangerous Drugs
Heroin is a highly addictive drug and the most rapidly acting of
the opiates.
- Commonly names:
Big H, Black Tar, Chiva, Hell Dust, Horse, Negra, Smack,
Thunder
- Looks like:
Heroin is typically sold as a white or brownish powder, or as the
black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar
heroin.” Although purer heroin is becoming more common, most
street heroin is “cut” with other drugs or with substances such as sugar, starch, powdered milk, or quinine.
Methods of abuse
Heroin can be injected, smoked, or sniffed/snorted. High purity heroin is usually snorted or smoked.
Affect on mind
Because it enters the brain so rapidly, heroin is particularly addictive, both psychologically and physically. Heroin
abusers report feeling a surge of euphoria or “rush,” followed by a twilight state of sleep and wakefulness.
- Affect on body:
One of the most significant effects of heroin use is addiction. With regular heroin use, tolerance to the drug develops.
Once this happens, the abuser must use more heroin to achieve the same intensity. As higher doses of the drug are
used over time, physical dependence and addiction to the drug develop. Physical symptoms of heroin use include:
drowsiness, respiratory depression, constricted pupils, nausea, a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and heavy
extremities.
- Drugs causing similar effects:
Other opioids such as OxyContin®, Vicodin®, codeine, morphine, methadone, and fentanyl can cause similar effects
as heroin.
- Overdose effects:
Because heroin abusers do not know the actual strength of the drug or its true contents, they are at a high risk of
overdose or death. The effects of a heroin overdose are: slow and shallow breathing, blue lips and fingernails, clammy
skin, convulsions, coma, and possible death.
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