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Heroin

What is heroin?

Heroin is an illegal, very addictive opioid drug. It's made from morphine, which comes from the seedpod of opium poppy plants. These plants grow in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance known as black tar heroin.

How do people use heroin?

People inject, sniff, snort, or smoke heroin. Some people mix heroin with crack cocaine, which is called "speedballing." All these ways of taking heroin send it to the brain very quickly, which makes it highly addictive.

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  1. Heroin (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is heroin? Heroin is an illegal, very addictive opioid drug. It's made from morphine, which comes from the seedpod of opium poppy ... in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. Heroin can be a white or brown powder, or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heroin.html - Health Topics
  2. Heroin overdose 
    Heroin is a pain-killer derived from morphine. It is very addictive and known for causing significant ... of drugs known as opioids . This article discusses heroin overdose. An overdose occurs when someone takes too ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002861.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Heroin and Pregnancy (March of Dimes Foundation)  
    Pregnancy and Opioids/Related Issues ... Pregnancy and Opioids ... Pregnancy and Substance Use/Specifics ... Pregnancy and Substance Use ... March of Dimes Foundation
    https://www.marchofdimes.org/.../pregnancy/heroin-and-pregnancy - External Health Links
  4. How Does Heroin Use Affect Pregnant Women From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse)  
    Heroin/Women ... Heroin ... National Institute on Drug Abuse ... Image Photo by morgueFile.com Heroin use during pregnancy can ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://nida.nih.gov/.../how-does-heroin-abuse-affect-pregnant-women - External Health Links
  5. What Can Be Done for a Heroin Overdose? From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse)  
    Heroin/Treatments and Therapies ... Heroin ... National Institute on Drug Abuse ... Part of the Heroin research report ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://nida.nih.gov/.../heroin/what-can-be-done-for-heroin-overdose - External Health Links
  6. Opiate and opioid withdrawal 
    ... United States, about 808,000 people reported using heroin during the past year. In the same year, ... without a prescription. Narcotic pain relievers include: Codeine Heroin Hydrocodone (Vicodin) Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) Methadone Meperidine (Demerol) Morphine ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000949.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Heroin From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse)  
    Heroin is an opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of ...
    https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/heroin - External Health Links
  8. Heroin Research Report From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Drug Abuse)  
    Heroin is a highly addictive opioid drug, and its use has repercussions that extend far beyond the ...
    https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/heroin/overview - External Health Links
  9. Tips for Teens: The Truth about Heroin (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - PDF  
    SAMHSA, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, CSAP, Heroin, Drug addiction, Smack, Horse, Brown Sugar, Junk, Black ...
    https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/pep18-02.pdf - External Health Links
  10. ClinicalTrials.gov: Heroin Dependence From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Heroin/Clinical Trials ... Heroin
    https://clinicaltrials.gov/...+Dependence"&aggFilters=status:not rec - External Health Links
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