Heroin by Brennan Biesel https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy Toxicology Final Unit en-us 2019-04-24 13:22:33 UTC 2019-04-26 13:11:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Heroin 72060 https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy/wish/353721619
Heroin Fast Facts:
  • Names; Big H, Horse, Smack, Hell Dust.  
  • Heroin is considered an opioid 
  • You can inject, snort, sniff, or smoke heroin 
  • Nearly 1 million Americans have claimed to have used heroin within the past year  
]]> 2019-04-24 13:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy/wish/353721619 Effect On The Human Body 72060 https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy/wish/353728413 Heroin enters the brain and bonds to opioid receptors. This affects many things like breathing, heart rate, sleep, and pain receptors. While symptoms do not change with dose, the intense feeling does increase when higher levels are used.

Short Term Effects 
  • Heavy feelings in the arms and legs 
  • Dry mouth 
  • Decreased mental function 
  • Going back and forth between consciousness
  • Severe itching
  • Vomiting 
Long Term Effects   
  • Heart infection 
  • Liver and Kidney failure
  • Constipation 
  • Insomnia 
  • Sexual dysfunction for men  
  • Irregular menstrual cycles for women
  • Lung Complications
Heroin can stay in the body for a wide range of times. Sometimes it only stays in the body for 30 minutes or up to six hours. This is because it depends on how fast your body can break the chemicals down, it also depends on how much heroin you take.  
]]> 2019-04-24 13:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy/wish/353728413 Death and Testing 72060 https://padlet.com/72060/1eb9rql3r2vy/wish/353743498 Death can occur when a person takes too much heroin and they experience hypoxia. Hypoxia is when a person doesn't get enough oxygen to the brain, and they die. Naloxone is a drug that if administered immediately after overdose, it will reverse the affect of the overdose. The drug binds to the opioid receptors and blocks the heroins affects.

Testing
Most tests on the scene use color tests like a nitric acid light test. Chemical tests will separate the main compounds in opioids and will either weigh them or use a spectroscopy device to analize the chemical.

Benefits 
The user gets a sense of euphoria when on the drug. There are no health benefits. 

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