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-Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of poppy plants grown in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia.

-Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.

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-dry mouth

-warm flushing of the skin

-heavy feeling in the arms and legs

-nausea and vomiting

-severe itching

-clouded mental functioning

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Heroin is highly addictive and is easy to develop a tolerance to which would result in a need for higher and/or more frequent doses of the drug to get the desired effects.

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-Among people aged 12 or older in 2021, 0.4% reported using heroin in the past 12 months

-Among people aged 12 or older in 2021, an estimated 0.4% had a heroin use disorder in the past 12 months

-In 2021, approximately 9,173 people died from an overdose involving heroin.

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-Fast pulse

-Increased breathing rate

-Increased blood pressure

-Elevated body temperature

-Sleep disturbances such as insomnia

-Dilated pupils

-Unusually heightened reflexes

-Sweating

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-insomnia

-collapsed veins for people who inject the drug

-damaged tissue inside the nose for people who sniff or snort it

-infection of the heart lining and valves

-constipation and stomach cramping

-liver and kidney disease

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Here is a list of penalties by quantity: 0-15 grams—Class 4 felony, a 1 to 3-year sentence with fines of $25,000. 15-100 grams—Class 1 felony, a minimum of 4 to 15 years in jail and fines of up to $200,000.

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When people overdose on heroin, their breathing slows or stops. This can decrease the amount of oxygen that reaches the brain causing a condition called hypoxia which can have short and long-term mental effects and causes issues with the nervous system, including comas and permanent brain damage.

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-restlessness

-severe muscle and bone pain

-sleep problems

-diarrhea and vomiting

-cold flashes with goose bumps

-uncontrollable leg movements

-severe heroin cravings

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https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/heroin

teenhealthandwellness.com

link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3462300011/GVRL.health?u=dari14134&sid=bookmark-GVRL.health&xid=33d9ca09. Accessed 8 Nov. 2023.

https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/heroin