Heroin comes from opium poppies grown in dry, warm climates and is refined from morphine. It exists in different forms including black tar, brown sugar, and white powder. Injecting heroin is common but can cause cotton fever from filter materials. Heroin is also graded based on purity and is often mixed with other drugs. Physically, heroin slows heart rate and breathing, risks overdose, and impacts the circulatory, digestive, nervous and reproductive systems. Heroin addiction affects people of all ages and backgrounds and has widespread social impacts including increased crime, disease, and homelessness.

1. Thurman Brown
THE IMPACT HEROIN HAVE ON
SOCIETY

35. Introduction
There are a multitude of social factors, which
exist and contributes to the destructive
outcomes of what persuaded addicts to engage
in drugs, such as depression, financial
restraints, poor self concept, pleasure, pain
relief, physical health problems
socioeconomic inequities and stress among of
host of other issues
INTRODUCTION

36. • Heroin is the one of the most powerful known (semi
or non-synthetic) painkillers. It is one of the opiates
that come from the dried milk of the opium poppy,
which include morphine and codeine. Heroin isn't a
naturally occurring drug – it is refined from
morphine. It is therefore more powerful, although its
effects are very similar. Heroin's medical name is
diamorphine.
WHAT IS HEROIN

37. Heroin comes from many places: China, Mexico, the mountains
around the borders of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan and such
areas are poppy rich. Opium poppies (a flower, as above) grow
best in dry, warm climates. They are often 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.
HEROIN COMES FROM MANY
PLACES

38. • Black Tar- is a very potent type of heroin that
has a very dark crystal-like texture when
compared with white powdered heroin. For this
reason, it's often smoked using foil, lighter and a
make shift pipe.
THE THREE TYPES OF HEROIN
1ST- BLACK TAR

39. 2ND TYPE –BROWN SUGAR
Brown sugar, similar to black tar, brown sugar
looks a lot like it’s name it’s namesake and is
typically smoked or injected. Other names include:
Brown and Brown Crystal. The most commonly
used is the brown.

40. White Lady is another term for heroin in white powder
form. Heroin is often found as a powder. In its purest
form (diamorphine), this powder is white. Users
typically progress to shooting the drug.
heroin comes in white, yellow, brown and even
grey
3RD TYPE- WHITE POWDER

41. INJECTION
Heroin doesn't dissolve easily, so users have
to dissolve it in a spoon with water before
they can inject it. Heat is often used to help
it dissolve and many users suffer from
"cotton fever" as they do not realize that
the cotton ball filter itself can cause
extreme sickness and fever. Cigarette filters
are also the cause of fiber build up in the
users lungs. Still though, the benefits of
filtering outweigh the risks of not.

42. Heroin is graded by purity. Grade four is
believed to be about 80 percent pure
heroin and can be lethal if injected without
cutting the product to dilute the purity.
HEROIN IS GRADED BY PURITY

43. Heroin is graded by purity. Grade four is
believed to be about 80 percent pure
heroin and can be lethal if injected without
cutting the product to dilute the purity.
HEROIN IS GRADED BY PURITY

44. Heroin is often used with other drugs combos-
goofballs-heroin and cocaine
Speedballs-heroin and meth
Moon rock-heroin and crack
China white-heroin and fentanyl
Cheese –heroin mixed with cold medicine
Atom bomb –heroin mixed with marijuana
HEROIN COMBOS

45. •Heart, blood and circulation – Heroin slows down your circulation and heart
rate. Heroin also increases the size of certain blood vessels (making you feel
warm).
•Stomach – It depresses bowel activity, which can result in constipation.
Heroin can make you feel sick, and first-time users often vomit.
•Lungs – Heroin suppresses your cough reflex and slows down your breathing,
causing hyperventilation. This can put you at risk of lung disease. An overdose
of heroin can cause respiratory failure and death.
•Nervous system – At higher doses, sedation takes over and you become
drowsy. An excessive dose can produce stupor and coma, and possible death.
•Sexual organs – Heroin can cause irregular periods in women. In both men
and women, it can make you lose interest in sex, and it affects your sexual
performance.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY
WHEN YOU TAKE HEROIN?

46. The young and old, heroin does not
discriminate. Families are being torn apart,
children are being neglected.
Society is being impacted through a rise in
crimes, murders, diseases and homelessness.
Heroin addiction is fatal people are dying !
WHO DOES IT AFFECT ?

47. THE POWER OF ADDICTION