The Heroin Addiction

BY: Angelica Colmenero

History of heroin
Opium and Morphine were developed in 1810
Named after the Greek god of dreams,

Morpheus in 1811
Northern and confederate soldiers became
morphine addicts (morphine epidemic)
1874 when heroin was announced to being
the cure for the morphine addicts

Heroin is made from the opium poppy that is

grown in Asia, Turkey, Pakistan and Laos thats
stretched an average of about 4,500 miles across
the mountains.

1850s
Opium

Originally heroin was made to cure the people that

were addicted to morphine but ended up being
even more addicted.

Morphin
e
Heroin
1937-Dolophine
and renamed to
methadone

How heroin works in the brain

Effects the opiate
receptors
Creates intense
euphoria
Depresses the central
nervous system and
spinal cord
Heroin relaxes and slows down the motor function, its the reason
why users feel so relaxed and tired when taking heroin and also a
very simple way of how they overdose while they sleeping since
it slows down there breathing.

Clean Kit

Saline

Bleach

Alcohol wipes

Tourniquet

Cotton balls

Bandaids

Instructions

Aluminum cap

Forms of heroin
Black tar heroin: 25-80% purity (injected)
White heroin: turns it into salt (injected)
Brown heroin: burns at lower temp (smoking)

13.5 million people in the world are taking some form of

opioids based substance
9.2 million use heroin
In 2007, 93% of the supply that came in from Afghanistan
totaled approximately $4 Billion dollars.

In the years
from 19982011 there
was a national
analysis that
there was 57
million people
that
Pregnant women can often cause the baby to come
out were
with born
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS).
Heroin Passes through the placenta to the fetus making the baby
to become dependent as well.
Treatment for NAS is also treated with morphine to wean the
baby and the mother off of the opioid use so they can be able to
function without the heroin in the body

Short term effects of

heroin are
Slowed breathing
Nausea
Vomiting
Drowsiness
Coma or death due to
overdose

Short term effects on a

pregnant women are:
Excessive crying
Fevers
Irritability
Seizures
Slow weight gain
Tremors
Diarrhea
And the possibility of death

Long term effects:

Muscle and bone pain
Insomnia
Restlessness
Cold flashes
Goose bumps
Leg movements

Long term effects in heroin

babies:
Developmental delay
Growth retardation
Cerebral bleeding
Seizures
Easily frustrated

Treatments for Heroin

Methadone: agonist active opioid receptor
Buprenorphine: partial agonist but produces a lesser
response
Naltrexone: antagonist blocks the receptors

Treatment for pregnant mothers can

benefit the babies with buprenorphine
A NIDA-funded clinical trial
found buprenorphine to be a
safe and effective alternative
to methadone for treating
opioid dependent mothers
who are pregnant.
Buprenorphine was found to
be effective in lowering the
risk of neonatal abstinence
syndrome in newborns born
to opioid-dependent mothers.

Death by heroin overdose

2013 Data Detailing Drug-Induced Deaths,
Breaking Out Specific Data for Prescription Analgesics and
Heroin,
as Reported by the CDC4

Drug Overdose Total

43,982

Prescription Analgesics Total

16,235

Heroin Overdose Total

6,235

federal penalties
Possession

Selling

First time charge

5,000 fine
1 year in prison

25,000 fine
Max of 15 years in

Second time
10,000 fine
2 years in prison

Second time selling

50,000 fine

First time Selling

prison

30 years in prison

State penalties
Possession

7 years in jail

50,000 fine

Distribution

Up to life in prison but commonly its

10-15 years in jail

100,000 fine

Russell brand
Courtney Love

Robert Downey Jr.

Angelina Jolie
Nicole Richie
Samuel
Jackson

Tatum ONeal
Richards

Corey Feldman

Keith

Chris Farley

Robert
Pastorelli

Philip Hoffman

References
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/heroin.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/her

oin/transform
/
http://
www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/legislative-activities
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pioids-heroin-prescription-drugabuse
http://www.narconon.org/drug-information/heroinhistory.html
http://www.heroin.ws/Types-of-Heroin.htm
http://drug.addictionblog.org/how-does-heroin-work
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