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"liquid heroin" and "cheese".
"liquid heroin" and "cheese".There was a recent news article about the death of a 17 year old girl in Texas who overdosed on "cheese", which is a street name for heroin. Cheese is more specifically heroin that has been cut with tylenol. It is usually found in a powder from and typically snorted. Because this drug is cut with tylenol and may be snorted instead of injected many users think it is not as dangerous or as addictive, some are not even aware that it is a form of heroin. But, it IS heroin and heroin is very dangerous and very addictive whether you are injecting it or snorting it, and you can die from it either way. Heroin is a tolerance drug, meaning your body builds up a tolerance requiring you to use more and more each time in order to achieve the same high.
The second trend is "liquid heroin". Many agencies and hospitals are reporting an increase in arrests and hospitalizations of high school and college students who have been using liquid heroin. Liquid heroin is a watered down version of heroin. Students keep the heroin in an eyedropper or a 1 inch tall glass containers with a dropper(about the width of a marker). Even though kids may view using this as less harmful it is still using drugs. The symptoms of someone who is using liquid heroin are very similar to other forms of heroin (constricted pupils, droopy eyelids, slow speech, slow reflexes, facial itching, dry mouth and lower blood pressure). Liquid heroin is also addictive and the body will grow more tolerant requiring the user to use more of the drug and possibly more often in order to get the same effect. Because it is addictive that means there are also withdrawal symptoms. Many of these students do not even recognize that they are becoming addicted or experiencing withdrawal symptoms because they did not view liquid heroin as addictive. They feel their muscles getting sore and their body aching. They knew when they took more liquid heroin it made it feel better but did not associate that as addiction or withdrawals. Heroin IS heroin, no matter how it is disguised. Because heroin is so addictive and because the withdrawal process can be so severe most people who struggle with heroin addiction have to enter a drug rehab in order to overcome this addiction.
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Under the name diamorphine, heroin is prescribed as a strong analgesic in the United Kingdom, where it is given via subcutaneous, intramuscular, intrathecal or intravenous route. Its use includes treatment for acute pain, such as in severe physical trauma, myocardial infarction, post-surgical pain, and chronic pain, including end-stage cancer and other terminal illnesses. In other countries it is more common to use morphine or other strong opioids in these situations.
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