which is useless, too.

Heroin is a highly addictive type of drug called an opiate. It is also called “smack” or sometimes “junk” and accounts for 90 percent of the US’s opiate abuse. Heroin was first created in 1874 as a derivitive of morphine, and was initially used commercially as a pain-reliever. Pure heroin comes in the form of white powder, though there are many different forms, and the color can range from white to brown to black because of impurities. It is considered the fastest-acting of the opiates, and is a dangerous, potentially deadly drug.
Heroin can be taken by injection (skin popping or intravenously) which produces the fastest results and greatest effect. It can also be taken through smoking or snorting it. More and more people are smoking heroin because of the fear of HIV contraction through needle sharing. needles. After heroin has been taken, it is converted to morphine inside the body, and the drug causes users to feel a surge of positive sensations. Alongside this “rush” of pleasurable feelings, heroin usually causes the user to flush, acquire a dry mouth, and a feeling of heavy limbs. It may also cause nausea, vomiting, and an itching feeling due to over-stimulated nerves, sometimes also referred to as “bugs.” After these effects occur, heroin will cause drowsiness for several hours, slowing the heart-rate, and breathing rate, which can be slowed so drastically it can cause death. Heroine is a highly addictive drug, and can create physical and mental dependancy, as well as build up a tolerance level in the user’s system. Withdrawal from heroin is usually sever, and symptoms can include: restlessness, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes, sweating, leg spasms, and muscle and bone pain. Withdrawal symptoms are worst between 24 and 48 hours after the last use of heroine, but the symptoms can actually continue for a month. While Heroine withdrawal is not considered lethal, it can kill a baby born from an addicted mother.
Long-time heroin use can result in a lot of medical complications. It can cause scarred or collapsed veins, usually in the arms, and can also cause liver and kidney disease, pneumonia, and tuberculosis. It can also result in arthritis, or the contraction of HIV, and can cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, killing the newborns of addict mothers. The actual addiction to heroin is the most prevalent complication.
There are several drugs on the market that can be used to help treat withdrawal symptoms in heroin users. However, the only true treatment is to stop using the drug. Heroin is deadly and harmful, and the only true prevention of heroin addiction is to never take the drug at all.


HEROIN, SHE SAID
"Walking down the streets at night
I see her stumbling through the rain
A skinny figure in the dark
Her face a shade of grey
Begging here and barking there
She's swearing all the time
Her fingers fumbling with her hair
A dirty mess of grime
And she starts to cry and she's asking why
Her life's always the same
But she does not see, that unfortunately
There's no one here to blame
"Heroin" she said, "was the best I had...
No more mountains left to climb.
The world so slow... all my dreams just too high
To be fulfilled in time...!
She grabs my arm... and I feel alarmed
Her fingers gripping tight
I see her pleading eyes... so I start to disguiseAnd say, that everything's alright...
And the reason why I pretended and lied
Is that I don't want to kill
The poor dream that's left in the deepest cleft
Of the thing that she calls will...!
"Heroin" she said, "was the best I had...
No more mountains left to climb.
The world so slow... all my dreams just too high
To be fulfilled in time...!"
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