Heroin
By: Hamza and Dillan
What is Heroin?
Heroin can be injected into your body through your veins or highly pure heroin can be snorted or smoked. Injecting heroin is the worst way because it has the most chance of you receiving HIV/AIDS because a lot of people share and use other peoples needles.
Heroin was first developed in Germany and gained popularity in the early 20th century.
(National Institute Drug Abuse Website, 2014)
Long Term Effects
- Bad teeth
- Inflammation of gums
- Coma
- Weakened immune system
- Pustles on the face
- Decrease in sexual functioning
- Severe constipation
(Drug Free World Website, 2016)
Short Term Effects
- Slowed breathing
- Nausea and vomiting
- Hypothermia
- Drowsiness
- Rush
(Drug Free World Website, 2016)
Street Names
- Hell Dust
- Mexican Mud
- Brown Sugar
- Skag
- Thunder
- Black Tar
- White lady
- Dope
- China White
- Horse
- Junk
(Narconan Website, 2014)
Illegal or Legal?
(Justice Laws Website, 2014)
Canadian Statistics
(Teen Challenge Website, 2015)
What Makes Heroin So Deadly
Phycological Effects
(Heroin.net Website, 2015)