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Heroin is a highly addictive common street drug made from various opium poppy plants.
NIDA. "Heroin." National Institute on Drug Abuse, 17 Jan. 2018, https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/heroin. Accessed 18 May 2018.

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The most common way to take heroin is by way of injection because, it relieves pain, or gives the high faster than the other methods: sniffing, snorting, and smoking. There are several different ways to inject the highly addictive drug. One common way is  intravenously or  mainlining, which is straight into a vein. Heroin can also be injected subcutaneously or  skin popping, meaning it’s injected right under the skin. Lastly heroin can be injected intramuscularly, which means it’s injected into the muscle rather than the vein.

Barillas, Christopher V.G. "Heroin." Drugs and Controlled Substances:
Information for Students, edited by Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp,
Detroit, Gale, 2003, pp. 211-20. Gale Virtual Reference Library,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000105/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=6873083a.
Accessed 17 May 2018.

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Heroin can come in two forms... Brown/white powders that can be snorted, sniffed, or smoked. You can also heat the powder form of the drug along with water or acids (lemon ....etc) into a liquid form in order to inject the drug into the body.  Heroin also comes in a form that resembles a black and sticky tar, hence the name Black Tar Heroin

"Heroin." UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, Gale, 2010. Health & Wellness Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CV2646400026/HWRC?u=lom_inac&sid=HWRC&xid=cf56ed6e. Accessed 18 May 2018.

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Heroin is a cheap drug, that was at one point for the poor, uneducated communities, but has now become popular throughout both affluent and poverty stricken areas. Teens use this drug due to peer pressure and are quickly addicted.

link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000105/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=6873083a.
Accessed 17 May 2018.

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HEROIN ADDICTION CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!!! 

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HEROIN ADDICTION CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE!!! 

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From Star Athlete to Heroin Addict | Oprah Prime | Oprah Winfrey Network

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After attending an elite boarding school and serving as captain of three different sports teams, Claire earned a college athletic scholarship and had plans to eventually become a therapist. That was all derailed, however, when she dropped out and began stealing from her family to buy heroin.

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NO!  Well at least not in the United States. It used to be used for painkillers and is closely related to other opioids still prescribed today such as Oxycontin and Vicodin. In some other countries such as Canada and other European countries give free heroin to heroin addicts to reduce the crime rates. This is also in programs in the United States due to the high risk of HIV or Hepatitis C.
NIDA. "Heroin." National Institute on Drug Abuse, 17 Jan. 2018, https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/heroin. Accessed 18 May 2018.

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Homeless advocacy group exchanges thousands of syringes every week

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Was originally used for medical purposes which goes back more than 6,000 years. The first records of poppy use can be found in the ancient cultures of modern day Iraq and Iran. A document discovered in Thebes, an ancient, Egyptian city dated back to 1552 B.C. lists over 700 medical treatments in which opium was used. During the time period of the Middle Ages physicians experimented with opium to treat diarrhea and anxiety, they mixed it with alcohol and called it “tincture laudanum”, which is Latin for “to be praised”. It was then put into widely dispensed medicines.  1803 a German physicist created morphine, named after the Greek god Morpheus, god of dreams, who is depicted in artwork carrying a bouquet of  opium poppies.

"Heroin." UXL Encyclopedia of Drugs and Addictive Substances, Gale, 2010. Health & Wellness Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CV2646400026/HWRC?u=lom_inac&sid=HWRC&xid=cf56ed6e. Accessed 18 May 2018.

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Dry mouth, warm flushing skin, heavy feeling in arms/legs, nausea/vomiting, severe itching, clouded mental functioning, going on the “nod” (back and forth between consciousness and unconsciousness)

Long term: insomnia, collapsed veins (if regularly injected), damaged tissue inside nose (is sniffed/snorted), infection in heart lining, swollen tissues filled with pus, constipation, stomach cramping, liver/kidney disease, lung complications, mental disorders (depression, antisocial personality disorder, etc.), sexual dysfunction (men), irregular menstrual cycles.  Clog blood vessels leading to lungs, liver, kidney, or brain. HIV or Hepatitis C from sharing injection equipment. SIDS (if pregnant)

Barillas, Christopher V.G. "Heroin." Drugs and Controlled Substances:
Information for Students, edited by Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp,
Detroit, Gale, 2003, pp. 211-20. Gale Virtual Reference Library,
link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3402000105/GVRL?u=lom_inac&sid=GVRL&xid=6873083a.
Accessed 17 May 2018.