Heroin is an illegal and highly addictive drug that is processed from morphine. "Morphine is a naturally occurring substance that is abstracted from the Asian opium poppy plan. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder or as a black sticky substance known as "black tar heroin" (National Institute on Drug Abuse). Pure heroin can be snorted or smoked and appeals to new drug users because it eliminates the need for injection. "Black tar" heroin is predominantly produced in Mexico and sold in the U.S. areas west of the Mississippi River." (NIDA) Impure heroin, or "black tar" heroin, is usually injected into the veins, muscles, or under the skin. According to the National Survey on Drug use and Health (NSDUH), in 2012 669,000 Americans reported using heroin in the past year, a number that has been on the rise since 2007.
There are many serious physical and mental effects that come with using heroin. Immediate effects of heroin occur once the heroin enters the body. Abusers typically report feeling a "rush" or pleasurable sensation. Every user can feel a different effect of this drug. Depending on how much heroin is injected, the intensity of the "rush" depends on how quickly the drug enters the brain and binds to opioid receptors. With heroin, the rush is usually accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and a heavy feeling in the extremities, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and severe itching. After the initial effects, users usually will be drowsy for several hours; mental function is clouded;.
heart function slows; and breathing is also severely slowed, sometimes enough to be life-threatening. Slowed breathing can also lead to coma and permanent brain damage (National Library of Medicine).
In addition to the immediate effects of heroin, there are also many serious long-term effects that can come with using heroin.
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Another argument says nearly all heroin users were initially marijuana smokers. In 1988, a National Institute on Drug Abuse survey found that marijuana smokers are thirty times more likely to use cocaine than those who've never smoked it. Other research confirms a strong correlation between marijuana use and the use of cocaine, heroin and the hallucinogens. ... Hemp is used to make clothes, paper, and many other products as well. ... IF marijuana is legalized we could expect to see less drug dealers, a renewable source of paper, and a new cash crop. ...
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HEROIN What is Heroin? ... Street heroin is rarely pure. ... Abusers often try to concentrate the fumes by putting the solvent in a paper or plastic bag or a rubber balloon, and then holding the open end over the mouth and nose and sniff/inhale. ... What are the Signs of Abuse? ... Another research that was done found that users fall short on memory as well as math and verbal skills. ...
Morphine was primarily prescribed by doctors as a pain reliever, and Heroin treated respiratory illness. ... Numerous Vietnam veterans returned with heroin and marijuana habits. ... In retrospect, the act paved the road for federal awareness on drug abuse treatment. ... Grim's research ranges from government statistics on drug use in the United States to the North American free Trade Act between the U.S. and Mexico. ... Grim had two very important aspects in his research that should be thoroughly examined. ...
Drug Policy This paper will discuss the issues pertaining to the Drug Policy in the United States. ... The PLNDP, Physicians Leadership on National Drug Policy, found that half of the individuals in the U.S. that admit to cocaine and heroin uses were Caucasian. ... The media regularly depicts blacks as the ones who are smoking pot, and shooting heroin, when in fact it is whites who are regularly abusing these drugs. ... In other words, were all the attempts the government made to stop drug abuse and drug trafficking worth it? ... Prevention of drug abuse by youth is top priority, ...
Many people argue that marijuana should stay illegal, but most of their arguments are based on faulty research and facts. ... If one acre of marijuana is grown to make paper it can create the same amount of paper as four acres of tress. ... At the moment corn and other products are being researched to make cellulose to make ethanol, but will never be able to match the 80% cellulose of marijuana. ... A pamphlet put out by the National Institute for Drug Abuse said "There is nothing in marijuana that causes other people to use other drugs." ... Since the legalization of marijuana hard drug u...
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