Heroin Addiction

Heroin is an opiate, a pain-killing drug that is derived from the opium poppy and has been in legal, medical use for thousands of years to alleviate pain in patients who have serious illnesses and also as a cough suppressant. Most of the heroin that is illegally imported into the United States comes from Mexico Asia and Colombia as well as Thailand, Laos, Iran, Burma, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Rarely does a heroin addict obtain the drug in its pure form which is a white, bitter-tasting powder. Heroin that is bought on the street is usually cut with any of the following: quinine, powdered milk, starch or sugar and some unscrupulous dealers resort to using brick dust as an additive. Heroin addicts are so accustomed to buying a lower grade that when a higher grade is somehow obtained, death may occur due to the increase in strength.

The reason that heroin is so addictive is because of its rapid entry into the brain. Heroin addiction provides an effect that occurs almost immediately and some users feel sick upon initial use as the drug crosses the blood-brain barrier. Once heroin enters the brain, it is converted to morphine and the user feels a "rush", an overwhelming feeling of pleasure. Based on how much of the drug is used and at what speed the heroin enters the brain, the result is an intense feeling of warmth and calmness which spreads through the body of the user. Problems, worries and any form of physical pain are blocked from consciousness.

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After a "fix", the heroin addict feels that the world and his or her life is good - until such time, of course, that the sensation wears off and the user returns to the real world and all the attendant problems. He then must concern himself with the details involved in scoring the next hit.

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