HEROIN BY : SAMI, KARIM, MIKHAIL

Define The Drug Produced

Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from
the seed pod of the various opium poppy plants grown in Southeast and
Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. Heroin can be a white or brown
powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin. Other common
names for heroin include big H, horse, hell dust, and smack.
EFFECT OF THE DRUG
(Depressant/Stimulant)
SHORT TERM EFFECTS
People Who Use Heroin Report Feeling A "Rush" (A Surge Of Pleasure, Or Euphoria).
However, There Are Other Common Effects, Including:
•Dry Mouth
•Warm Flushing Of The Skin
•Heavy Feeling In The Arms And Legs
•Nausea And Vomiting
•Severe Itching
•Clouded Mental Functioning
•Going "On The Nod," A Back-and-forth State Of Being Conscious And Semiconscious
 EFFECT OF THE DRUG
(Depressant/Stimulant)
Long Term Effects
•People Who Use Heroin Over The Long Term May Develop:
•Insomnia
•Collapsed Veins For People Who Inject The Drug
•Damaged Tissue Inside The Nose For People Who Sniff Or Snort It
•Infection Of The Heart Lining And Valves
•Abscesses (Swollen Tissue Filled With Pus)
•Constipation And Stomach Cramping
•Liver And Kidney Disease
•Lung Complications, Including Pneumonia
•Mental Disorders Such As Depression And Antisocial Personality Disorder
•Sexual Dysfunction For Men
Harmful Effect Of The Drug
•Heroin Can Change The Physical Structure Of The Human Body
•After The Drug Wears Off You Can Feel Depressed And Suicidal
•Its Effects Your Sleep
•Infection Of Heart Lining And Valves
•Sudden Lose Of Weight
Harmful Effect Of The Drug
•Heart, blood and circulation-Heroin slows down your circulation and heart rate.
Heroin also increase the size of certain blood vessels
•Stomach-It depresses bowel activity which can result in constipation. Heroin can make
you feel sick.
•Lungs-Heroin suppresses your cough reflex and slows down your breathing heroin can
cause respiratory failure and death
•Nervous system-At higher doses, sedation takes over and you become drowse an
excessive does can produce stupor and coma and possible death
WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS
Short term:
Your body starts to shake, weakness occurs, danger of paralysis and also you will be very, very
hungry in order to survive. (all long term affects of the withdrawal symptoms also occur)

Long:
Nausea and vomiting, anxiety, insomnia, hot and cold stages occur in the body, perspiration, muscle
cramps, watery discharge from eyes and nose and diarrhoea occur randomly especially if the
body starts to crave the drug.
CONSEQUENCES ON THE
USER SOCIALLY

(as well as sexual issues.)

EXAMPLE:
Philip Seymour Hoffman
American actor
Died before turning 50
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