Heroin

Heroin is a highly addictive drug and is considered the most abused and most rapidly acting opiate. Heroin was first synthesized in 1874 from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.

Street names:

Smack
Brown Sugar
Dope
Horse
Mud
Black tar
Junk

What Heroin looks like:

Heroin is usually in powder or tar-like form. It ranges in color from white to dark-brown and sometimes a black, tar-like substance

Heroin- White Powder Form Heroin- Brown Powder Form Heroin- Black Tar Form

Methods of use:

Injected
Smoked
Snorted

Short term effects:

Vomiting
Nausea
Severe Itching
Dry mouth
Drowsiness
Slowed breathing, possibly to the point of death

Long term effects:

Scarred or Collapsed Veins
Bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves
Abscesses and other soft-tissue infections
Liver Disease
Kidney Disease
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Chronic Addiction
Arthritis
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis B and C
Miscarriage or premature delivery in pregnant women
Seizures