01 What Is Heroin?
What Is Heroin Abuse and Detoxification?
Heroin is not a new drug and was first synthesized in the late 1800s. Heroin comes from the poppy plant and is a highly addictive and powerful narcotic. Because heroin is illegal and is not regulated, people who are addicted to heroin do not know what other substances they are ingesting into their system or the strength of the heroin itself.
Whether heroin is snorted, injected, or smoked, this highly addictive substance will always lead to needing greater amounts due to a buildup of tolerance.
Heroin use runs the very serious risk of overdosing and death. Heroin addiction will always lead to and make addicts go places a person in their right mind would never imagine going or doing, leading to negative consequences.