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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that teenagers reporting heroin use in their lifetime is declining. Amongst 12th graders, the number has come down from 3.0 percent in 2001 to 2.0 percent. The total number of teenagers that report using heroin in their lifetimes has dropped from 3.1 percent to 2.4 percent since 2001. This shows progress.

According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), teenagers have reasonably easy access to heroin. 29.7 percent of 12th graders say that it is easy to obtain. Even 8th graders (12.6 percent) say that they can obtain heroin.
www.heroinabuse.us

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The average cost of a single dose (0.1 g) of heroin purchased on the street has been reported as approximately $15–$20 in the U.S. state of Ohio.[1]

The heroin price per gram depends upon its purity and the availability of the drug in the area at that given time.

Someone with a “hard-core” heroin habit may pay $150–$200 per day in order to support his or her habit.

heroin.net

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Naloxone is a medicine that can treat an opioid overdose when given right away. It works by rapidly binding to opioid receptors and blocking the effects of heroin and other opioid drugs. Another treatment for heroin is rehab. But heroin is a powerful and dangerous opiate. It’s also very addicting. It latches hold of people in all walks of life. Those who use it, even for a relatively short period of time, often end up hooked. Those who do try to quit are quickly hit with painful physical withdrawals, extreme depression, and overwhelming heroin cravings.
heroinaddictionstories.com

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Collapsed veins

Infection of the heart lining and valves

Pus-filled infections (i.e., abscesses)

Liver or kidney disease

Pulmonary complications

Spontaneous abortion

Gastrointestinal problems (e.g., chronic constipation, bowel obstruction)

www.projectknow.com

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Drowsiness

Sense of heaviness in arms and legs

Dry mouth

Nausea

Vomiting

Skin flushing

Intense itching

Slow cardiac system function

Slow breathing

www.projectknow.com

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How heroin affects the mind and body -- The Doctors

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1. Smoking

2. Injection

3. snorting

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Dragon (smoking heroin is called “Chasing the Dragon”)

Dope

H

Big H

White

White Lady

China White

Mexican Mud

Horse

Scag

Black Tar

Brown Crystal

Brown Sugar

Nod

Chiba

Chiva

Tar

Snowball

Smack

Junk

Black Pearl

www.narconon.org

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Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.
www.drugabuse.gov

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Where does heroin come from? Today, heroin comes from many places: China, Mexico, the mountains around the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan and other countries. Heroin is made in several different ways but they all come back to a single base substance which is morphine. Morphine comes from Opium, the resinous substance found inside the fruit of the opium poppy. Once the opium is harvested, its three main alkaloids (alkaloids are basically a biochemical found in plants) are separated into:

1. Morphine

2. Codeine

3. Thebaine

Opium poppies grow best in dry, warm climates and they are mostly grown in these areas by farmers with small plots of land. The sap is collected by the farmer, then it's bought by a merchant or broker who takes the opium to a morphine refinery. The opium is refined into morphine base and then reacted with acetic anhydride, a chemical also used in the production of aspirin. Most black market heroin is highly impure due to contaminants left after refinement of opium into morphine, which then remain in the final product.
www.aboutheroin.com