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Opium
Smoked
Swallowed
Heroin
Injected
Pleasure
Smoked
Euphoria
Snorted/Inhaled Pain relief
Prescripti Injected
on Pain Swallowed
Killers Smoked
Relief of
moderate,
severe, or chronic
pains
Prescription
Painkillers
Called narcotics
Morphine Sometimes prescribed by medical professionals.
Codeine An ingredient in some cough medications.
OxyContin Used to relieve severe and chronic pains.
Block pain messengers in the brain: The opioid receptors,
particular parts of the brain which bring messages to the brain,
are targeted, so pain which one would normally feel is not
recognized as being painful.
Can cause euphoria, drowsiness, constipation, pinpoint pupils,
slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and death.
Short-term effects include energy and concentration problems,
nausea, vomiting, etc.; The main long-term effect is addiction,
where ones mind and body depend too much on the drug to be
able to properly function on their own.
Abuse leads to addiction.
If used to excess, at too high a dose, or taken with alcohol, they
can easily become life-threatening and lead to death.
Pharmacists are required to keep records of all sales of narcotics
because of their highly dangerous qualities.
Heroin
A physically addictive narcotic drug
Processed form of morphine
Depresses the central nervous system, slows breathing
Risks of Overdose
Heroin
Comas, feinting, slowed heart rate, slowed
breathing, and death.
Brain damage, liver disease, or viruses.
Disorientation, delirium, blue lips and finger nails,
or seizures may occur.
Prescription Pain Killers
Confusion/disorientation, tremors, shaking, seizures,
or extremely deep sleeping.
Slowed heart rate or breathing and other respiratory
problems cause a lack of oxygen.
Comas, feinting, and death