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HEROIN ADDICTION AND ABUSE
After the first effects, abusers generally will be sleepy for many hours. This causes mental functioning to be clouded by heroin's impact on the central nervous system and a slowing of cardiac function. Breathing is also seriously slowed, at times to where death can occur. There is a strong risk of heroin overdose on the street, because the number and purity of the drug cannot be corrected detected. The long-term effects of heroin use are Heroin addiction and abuse. Addiction is a severe, relapsing disease, which results in compulsive drug seeking and use, and causes neurochemical and molecular modifications to the brain. Heroin also causes strong levels of tolerance and physical dependence—potent contributors for compulsive use and abuse. Heroin abusers eventually spend excessive time and energy acquiring and using the drug. Once addicted, their main purpose in life is to seek and use heroin. Heroin literally changes your brain and your behavior. When heroin is taken in higher doses, physical dependence develops. When physical dependence occurs as a result of Heroin addiction and abuse, your body adapts to the drug’s presence and withdrawal symptoms occur if you suddenly stop or lower your usage. Withdrawal symptoms may happen within a few hours after your last dosage. Heroin withdrawal symptoms include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, kicking movements, and cold flashes with goose bumps. Major withdrawal symptoms tend to heighten between 24 and 48 hours after your last heroin dosage and diminish after approximately one week. Some individuals have shown constant withdrawal signs for several months. To otherwise healthy adults, heroin withdrawal is not fatal, but it can result in death to the fetus if the pregnant mother is a heroin addict. During repeated heroin use, an individual can develop Heroin addiction and abuse.Physical dependence and the associated withdrawal symptoms were once thought to be the core features of heroin addiction. However, this may not always be the case because craving and relapse can happen weeks and months later, when withdrawal symptoms have long since disappeared. The medical penalties of severe heroin injection use cause scarred and collapsed veins, bacterial infections, boils and additional soft-tissue infections, and kidney or liver disease. Lung complications, such as different forms of pneumonia and tuberculosis may result from the abuser’s undesirable health condition and from heroin's depressing impacts on respiration. Several of the additives in street heroin may contain substances that do not easily dissolve, causing clogging in the blood vessels that serve as the pathway to the liver, lungs, kidneys, or brain. This can result in infection or even death of little patches of cells in critical organs. Heroin addiction and abuse can also cause arthritis or additional rheumatologic issues. |
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Heroin addiction and abuse occurs because heroin is a particularly addictive drug. Upon consumption, heroin travels into the brain quickly, giving the user a “rush”. This rush generally causes a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and a strong feeling in the extremities, which may result in nausea, vomiting, and severe itching. 