Heroin: Sap-Like Substance Abuse

Heroin A destructive and monstrous deadly drug that takes over your life like a leech to your veins. It's highly addictive and being used by millions around the world. It is made from the resin of poppy plants. The opium, which is the milky, sap-like substance is refned to make morphine, then further refined not different forms of herion. It is mostly injected and it creates additional risks for the user becuase of the danger of AIDS or other infections on top of the pain of addiction. Heroin was first manufactured in 1898 by the Bayer harmaceutical comany of Germany and was marketed as a treatment for TB and remedy for morphine addiction. For this, it became a bigger problem than opium addiction. As with opuim, the morphine problem in
the late 1850's, was sovled by another "non-addictive" substitute that was heroin but it proved to be even more addictive than morphine. With the heroin problem came yet another "non-addictive" substitute, the drug known as methadone. This drug was soon being widely used as a treatment for heroing addiction. Tho' it proved to be even more addictive than heroin, unfortunately. Heroin can be injected, smoked or sniffed. When is used for the first time, it feels like the sensation of being high. Users can feel extroverted, able to commnicate easily with the others and may experience a sensation of heightened sexual performance-but it doesn't last long. It is highly addictive and withdrawal extremely painful. Heroin quickly breaks down the immune system, leaving them sickly, extremely thin and bony and, ultimately dead. After the inital effects fo the drug fades, the addict's body begins to crave more. The intense high a user seeks lasts only a few minutes. With continue used, they need increasing amount of the drug just to feel "normal", becoming a vicious cycle.