How DETRIMENTAL is heroin?
Heroin Awareness
What Is Heroin Made Of?
Heroin is made from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that comes from the opium poppy plant. The opium poppy plant mainly grows in the mountains of central Asia from turkey through Burma and Turkey. Recently in Latin America the Opium poppy plant has started to be grown, mainly in Columbia and Mexico
What are Some Slang Names?
Some slang names are Black Tar, Horse Junk and H.
What does Heroin look, taste, and smell?
Appearance: White or Brown Powder
Form: Powder, and tablets
Smell: Bitter
Taste: Bitter
Is Heroin Legal?
- It is illegal, you will be arrested if you are caught using it. It is a class A drug(the most dangerous drug class and the most punishable drug class)
- The penalty for possession of heroin is up to 7 years in prison sentence or an unlimited fine or both-This means it is illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute without a license.
What Drug Classification is it?
It is a depressant.
Not so fun fact.
In one year in the U.S. about 2000 people die each year
Heroin is made from morphine, a naturally occurring substance that comes from the opium poppy plant. The opium poppy plant mainly grows in the mountains of central Asia from turkey through Burma and Turkey. Recently in Latin America the Opium poppy plant has started to be grown, mainly in Columbia and Mexico
What are Some Slang Names?
Some slang names are Black Tar, Horse Junk and H.
What does Heroin look, taste, and smell?
Appearance: White or Brown Powder
Form: Powder, and tablets
Smell: Bitter
Taste: Bitter
Is Heroin Legal?
- It is illegal, you will be arrested if you are caught using it. It is a class A drug(the most dangerous drug class and the most punishable drug class)
- The penalty for possession of heroin is up to 7 years in prison sentence or an unlimited fine or both-This means it is illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, or distribute without a license.
What Drug Classification is it?
It is a depressant.
Not so fun fact.
In one year in the U.S. about 2000 people die each year
Heroin Usage
Heroin has a very bitter taste and appears in a powder form then can be melted and injected.
How Is It Used?
- It can be dissolved in water and injected into a vein ("mainlining"), muscle, or under the skin ("skin-popping")
- It can be smoked ("chasing the dragon")
- It can be Snorted.
-Injecting Heroin is the most commonly used method but smoking and snorting it have recently become more popular.
Heroin is one of the most powerful drugs, one overdose will kill you.
How Is It Used?
- It can be dissolved in water and injected into a vein ("mainlining"), muscle, or under the skin ("skin-popping")
- It can be smoked ("chasing the dragon")
- It can be Snorted.
-Injecting Heroin is the most commonly used method but smoking and snorting it have recently become more popular.
Heroin is one of the most powerful drugs, one overdose will kill you.