1. HEROIN

2. HEROIN WAS CREATED IN 1895 BY THE BAYER
COMPANY. DURING THE YEARS 1898-1910,
HEROIN WAS PROMOTED AS A NON-
ADDICTIVE SUBSTITUE FOR MORPHINE,
EVEN THOUGH IT IS 1.5 -2 TIMES MORE
POWERFUL.
DURING THIS TIME HEROIN WAS USED TO
TREAT CHILDREN’S COUGH.

3. METHODS OF HEROIN USE
• 1. INJECTED
• 2. VAPORIZED (SMOKED)
• 3. SNIFFED (SNORTED
• Reference: Heroin:effects,addiction &treatment
options/Drugs.com/http://www.drugs.com/illicit/heroin.html

4. STREET NAMES FOR HEROIN
• BROWN SUGAR
• CHINA WHITE
• DOPE
• H
• HORSE
• JUNK
• SKAG
• SKUNK
• SMACK
• WHITE HORSE
• WHEN MIXED WITH OTC COLD MEDICINE: CHEESE

5. SHORT TERM HEALTH EFFECTS OF HEROIN
EUPHORIA
WARM FLUSHING OF SKIN
DRY MOUTH
HEAVY FEELING IN THE HANDS AND FEET
CLOUDED THINKING
ALTERNATE WAKEFUL AND DROWSY STATES
ITCHING
NAUSEA
VOMITING
SLOWED BREATHING AND HEART RATE

6. LONG TERM EFFECTS OF HEROIN
• COLLAPSED VEINS
• ABSCESSES (SWOLLEN TISSUE WITH PUS)
• INFECTION OF THE LINING AND VALVES IN THE HEART
• CONSTIPATION AND STOMACH CRAMPS
• LIVER OR KIDNEY DISEASE
• PNEUMONIA

7. HEROIN USE
• IN 2011, 4.2 MILLION AMERICANS AGED 12 OR OLDER HAD
REPORTED USING HEROIN ONCE.
• IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 23% OF PEOPLE WHO USE HEROIN BECOME
DEPENDENT ON IT.
Reference: Nation Institute on Drug
Abuse/Drugfacts:Heroin/http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drug
facts/heroin

8. SIGNS OF WITHDRAWAL FROM HEROIN
• SIGNS OF WITHDRAWAL CAN BEGIN WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER THE
LAST DRUG ADMINISTRATION
• SIGNS INCLUDE:
• RESTLESSNESS
• MUSCLE AND BONE PAIN
• INSOMNIA
• DIARRHEA AND VOMITING
• COLD FLASHES WITH GOOSE BUMPS(COLD TURKEY)
• KICKING MOVEMENTS (KICKING THE HABIT)
• Reference: Drug facts: Heroin/National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA)/http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/heroin