Heroin What do fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and infectious diseases all have in common? They are all serious health conditions that might occur if someone is abusing opiates. This includes heroin, also known as diacetyl morphine or diamorphine. Its abuse is more widespread than any other opiates. In this paper, opiates and heroin will be deeply discussed and their major effect on society. What does it mean to be drugged? It means losing …showed first 75 words of 1106 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1106 total…are usually felt within 10-15 minutes. Heroin can be smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in a marijuana joint or even a regular cigarette. When heroin is snorted, it is inhaled as smoke through a straw. This process is known as “chasing the dragon”. There is an increase in new, younger groups using heroin because the drug no longer has to be only injected. Heroin is also appearing in more wealthy communities.