Black tar heroin

was the first Company in USA started the production of opioid, and heroin, on a commercial scale and sold it to market by presenting it as miracle drug, and addicts learned that its effects may well be amplified by injecting it to the body directly. This was the beginning of the downward spiral of opioid abuse. Roughly 100 years after marketing heroin and widely prescribed to everyone including children as safe medicine by Bayer Co. In 1912 The first regulation…

Heroin is a narcotic, which are addictive drugs that cause the user to feel less pain and increase euphoria, which causes a person to feel more excited or happy. Heroin is processed from morphine, which is removed from different types of poppy plants. Heroin is basically a white powder with a sour taste. Another type of heroin is black tar may be hard like coal, and its color can alter from dark brown to black. Heroin is often injected, but heroin may also be snorted or smoked. Although smoking…

32-year-old mother and wife. She has a cosmetology degree and a graphic design and animation degree. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Wesley, mother, and 14-month-old son Noah in her mother’s condo. Tiffany is a wonderful mom, but her heroin addiction is getting in the way of taking care of her son. Her mother and husband are very involved in her life. Tiffany’s mother pays for everything Tiffany and her husband need. Her mother is beginning to feel strained because she is…

Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, a synthetic drug called fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, and many others. Opioids work by binding to the body’s opiate receptors; highly concentrated in areas of the brain that control pain and emotions. When opiate drugs bind to these receptors, they can drive up dopamine levels in the brain’s reward areas, producing a state of euphoria and…

Smack, china white, horse, and black tar are some of the slang terms used for the drug heroin. We are told by our leaders in society, physicians, and enforcement agencies of horrors of this drug, however, less is commonly discussed is how the byproduct of this simple flower is converted into one the of most addictive drugs in our society. Heroin is the illegal opiate drug made from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. The plant flourishes in dry warm climates; the vast majority of the…

day due to heroin overdose. Heroin can be practically found anywhere nowadays, and the use and effects of it can cause serious consequence to a person’s health. Heroin is derived from morphine alkaloid which is found in opium and is approximately 2-3 times more potent (Drugs.com, 2015). Heroin in many cases is a white powdery substance. In other cases is has been seen as a black sticky substance known as “black tar heroin.” (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2015). In addition, most heroin is…

escape from negative events and stress. Heroin also reduces anxiety or stress, but it can really damage your brain or eventually hurt other things organs in your body. Marijuana is derived from the cannabis plant. It grows wild in many of the tropical and temperate areas of the world. It can be grown in almost any climate. It is dried up leaves and flowers from the plant. The marijuana cultivation can be traced back 12,000 years, which is known as the…

is it used for? (IMAN) Everyone knows about heroine, however most don’t know what heroin is. In the beginning heroin was not referred to as an illegal drug, but rather a treatment for tuberculosis, and a cure for people addicted to morphine in Germany during the late 1800’s. Although, by the late 1900s, it backfired and mortality rates were greater than the population (Heroin: What is it?, 2008). People can buy heroin either in its purest form, or laced with other substances that will enhance…

The Heroin Epidemic in Northwest Ohio Heroin use is Northwest Ohio is growing majorly and something needs to be done and it needs to be stopped. Heroin is a highly addictive drug that is becoming available in Ohio, take over the streets, creating an increase in violence, and a large increase in overdoses and death. Heroin is one of the most deadly drug of in the country. With today 's heroin use continuing to grow I believe more people should know about what heroin is and how it affects you.…

Heroin Some people carry addictions as if it were a secret. They wouldn’t look like your typical drug addict. They were clean, took care of their kids, and lived life as if it were normal. That’s what Beth’s story was like. She was was your typical mom with beautiful children and a normal life. You never would’ve known she had an addiction. Beth started using drugs at a young age. She was between the age of 16 and 17, it started out as normal teenage experimentation. But painkillers became an…