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Heroin

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HEROIN

BY: KAYLA FREIBERG

STREET NAMES

  • Brown
  • Big H
  • H
  • Thunder
  • Smack
Photo by florianrieder

HOW IS THE DRUG ADMINISTERED

  • Smoked
  • Injected
  • Sniffed

SHORT TERM HEALTH EFFECTS

  • Loss of appetite
  • Cold Sweats
  • Introversion
  • Loss of memory
  • Weakness to the immune system

LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECT

  • Bad teeth
  • Itching
  • Muscular weakness
  • Depression
  • Coma
Photo by luc.viatour

STATISTICS

  • 9.2 million people use heroin
  • 18% of the world takes heroin
  • 153,000 in the US uses heroin
Photo by jenny downing

TREATMENT PROGRAMS

  • Behavioral therapies
  • Pharmacological therapies
  • Narcotics Anonymous