Heroin, like most other popular drugs, is used every day. The most common use for heroin is for recreational purposes. Not only can heroin be injected, but it can be sniffed, snorted, or smoked. This drug can be highly addictive which can lead to death. It also causes lots of harm to your body Heroin is dangerous because of the extensive number of users, the makeup of heroin, the short term effects on users, and the long term effects on users.
To begin with, there is an extensive number of heroin users. Heroin is actually one of the most used drugs in the world right now. Each day the amount of heroin users increase for reasons like people trying heroin for their first time or because heroin is part of their everyday routine. According to Mary …show more content…
A short term effect of heroin is the rush or high you get after the heroin has entered your body. Depending on which method you use when handling heroin, will determine the type of effects you experience and how fast. Injecting heroin rather than smoking or snorting it will make the rush come much faster but it only lasts for a short amount of time. Another effect is reduced pain because for the time that the person is high, it is a feeling of euphoria for the user so the pain they had has disappeared, but only until the high is over. To justify, Eric Patterson states, “The pleasurable feelings related to the "rush" will only be felt for a few minutes with more lasting feelings of sedation persisting for a few hours afterward” (Drug Abuse). Heroin can also slow down a person’s mental function because it can cause one to become drowsy after their euphoric high. The alertness level of a person becomes very low which can lead to the user hurting themselves in various ways such as falling, since they’re too out of it to be aware as to what is going on around them. A slowed heartbeat can also occur. Even though short term effects don’t last long they are still affecting you in some way and a short term effect can lead to a long term
To begin with, there is an extensive number of heroin users. Heroin is actually one of the most used drugs in the world right now. Each day the amount of heroin users increase for reasons like people trying heroin for their first time or because heroin is part of their everyday routine. According to Mary …show more content…
A short term effect of heroin is the rush or high you get after the heroin has entered your body. Depending on which method you use when handling heroin, will determine the type of effects you experience and how fast. Injecting heroin rather than smoking or snorting it will make the rush come much faster but it only lasts for a short amount of time. Another effect is reduced pain because for the time that the person is high, it is a feeling of euphoria for the user so the pain they had has disappeared, but only until the high is over. To justify, Eric Patterson states, “The pleasurable feelings related to the "rush" will only be felt for a few minutes with more lasting feelings of sedation persisting for a few hours afterward” (Drug Abuse). Heroin can also slow down a person’s mental function because it can cause one to become drowsy after their euphoric high. The alertness level of a person becomes very low which can lead to the user hurting themselves in various ways such as falling, since they’re too out of it to be aware as to what is going on around them. A slowed heartbeat can also occur. Even though short term effects don’t last long they are still affecting you in some way and a short term effect can lead to a long term