HEROIN ADDICTION
DRUG REHAB
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Short-term effects of heroin include: warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, slurred speech, constricted pupils and droopy eyelids, as well as itchy skin.
The variability in quality of street heroin can range from 0-90%, which greatly increases the risk of accidental overdose and death.
Sharing of injection equipment or fluids can lead to some of the most severe consequences of heroin abuse - infections with hepatitis B and C, HIV, and a host of other blood-borne viruses, which drug abusers can then pass on to their sexual partners and children.
Some slang terms for Heroin include: Lady, white girl, horse, black tar, brown sugar, smack, goods, H, junk, Harry.
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Heroin
Overdose 
 Heroin
works on the central nervous system. The abusers heartbeat slows as well as
their breathing. They may loose consciousness. Any of these effects can be fatal
if the dose is too high. Depending on purity and the user, a lethal dose of
heroin may range from 200 to 500mg, but hardened addicts have survived doses
of 1800mg and over. However, with street heroin there is no absolutely certain
"safe dosage". It depends on tolerance, amount and purity taken. Overdose
can occur when a dose taken is greater than that you're used to. A tolerable
dose for an addict could be fatal to a first-time user. Tolerance to heroin
in particular is quickly acquired. Even occasional weekend users need to take
more to get the same effect over time. Tolerance can drop. Some users have overdosed
on their 'regular dose', after just a few week's break.
Symptoms
of a heroin overdose include but are not limited to:
- muscle
spasticity
- slow
and labored breathing
- shallow
breathing
- stopped
breathing (sometimes fatal within 2-4 hours)
- pinpoint
pupils
- dry
mouth
- cold
and clammy skin
- tongue
discoloration
- bluish
colored fingernails and lips
- spasms
of the stomach and/or intestinal tract
- constipation
- weak
pulse
- low
blood pressure
- drowsiness
- disorientation
- coma
- delirium
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