OPIUM
By Abby Williams
Where does it come from?
Opium comes form the dried latex form from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) seed pod. The outer surface of the pod is scraped off.
How is it taken?
- Smoked
- Injected
- In a pill
- Tied into another drug
Over All Effects
Short Term
- sleepy, drowsy or relaxed after smoking it
- slows heart rate and breathing
- pass out
- coma
- death
Long Term
- Health related problems
- Issues with social, emotional and spiritual well being
- Opium addiction
- Lung disease or lung cancer
- Damage to lungs, kidney, liver and heart
- Lack of oxygen to the brain and other vital organs
Street words
- Gee
- Dreams
- Dream Stickiness
- Hop(s)
- Toys
- Zero
- Midnight Oil
- Joy Plant
- Buddha
- Chinese Molasses
Addiction
- User will become dependent on the drug and feel incomplete with out Opium
- Crave it intensely and use Opium no matter what is going on in their life
- Withdraw symptoms like: sweating, nausea, vomiting, joint pain, muscle pain
- Opium requires professional help to quit
Signs of addiction/ over dose
- Reduced lung function
- Dizziness
- Seizures
- Coma
- Pin point pupils
- Sadness
- Anxiety
- Social isolationism
- Continuing the use no matter the problems that Opium has caused
- Mood swings
- Agitation
- Depression