Heroin is a drug. It belongs to the opiate substances extracted from the poppy. Heroin use is mixed with many other substances.
It varies in appearance of coarse white powder to tan pellets and is also called "brown" or "smack".
Heroin is usually 'chinesed' or snorted, smoked or in a later stage injected . Chinesed: heroin powder is placed on aluminum foil and heated. The vapor is sucked through a tube and come straight into the lungs.
It gives the user a feeling of security, warmth, happiness, security and comfort. At a high dose the user is in a state somewhere between dream and trance, as in half sleep.
- Addictive? Generally occurs very rapidly and is large, both physically and mentally. A user needs more to get the same effect.
- Reduction of pain and angtgevoelens, brief euphoria, emotional numbing, constipation. Duration of effect varies by type of opiate.
- Indifference.
- Risk of malnutrition and neglect leading to increased risk of infection.
- When injecting an extra risk of overdose and / or infection (s) (HIV (AIDS), hepatitis, etc.).
