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Drug: Use And Abuse - Page 1 preview imageDrug: Use and AbuseHarshBased on the provided essay about heroin use and abuse, discuss the variousshort-and long-term effects of heroin addiction on physical and mental health.Additionally, analyze the role of methadone intreating heroin addiction, andevaluate its effectiveness in supporting long-term recovery. Your response shouldinclude references to specific details from the essay.Word Count Requirement: 500-600words.
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Drug: Use And Abuse - Page 3 preview image2IntroductionHeroin is an opiate drugwhich is synthesized from morphine. Morphine isextracted from theseeds ofvarieties ofthe opium poppy plants.Heroin is illegal and highly addictive drug in theUnited States. It is also the most abused and the most rapidly acting drug.Heroinis typicallysold as abrownishorwhitepowder or as the black stickysubstance and in the streets it is knownasblacktar heroin.This is becausein Arizona, theblack tar is the most common form of thedrug.Mexican brown,Chiva,Skag,Big H, Hell Dust,Negra,Horse, Chinawhite, Junk, ThunderandSmack are thesomeother streetnamesof the heroin.According to some reports,pure formsof heroin are becoming more common and widely available.The most street heroin is usuallymixed with other substancesor drugssuch as starch, sugar,powdered milk,talc, caffeine, bakingsoda,cocaineor quinine(Epstein & Gfroerer, 2006;NIDA, 2005 andPieper, 1996).Theheroinin the United States mostcommonlycomesfromSouthwestAsia,Southeast Asia,MexicoandLatin America.Heroincan be used by anyone,such asyour teacher, police officers, evenyour mom and dadetc.Heroin is usuallyused bypeople who need that bit ofexcitementdue to something depression.Itis usuallysnorted,sniffed, injected orsmoked up to four times a day by a heroin abuser.Intravenous injection produces the maximum effect and most rapid onset of euphoria within 7 to 8seconds while intramuscular injection takes 5 to 8 minutes and by smoking or sniffing, themaximum effects are usuallyobservedwithin 10 to 15 minutes.The most of theheroinusers belongs from both genders i.e. men and women,and rangesfromage 12to 60year olds and most of them are men.The 281,000 or 0.1 percent of persons aged 12or older who were current heroin users in 2011 in the United States("Results from the,").Theadministration ofall forms of heroinisaddictive(National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1986).Inlast
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