1. Heroin

2. Common Street Names
❖ Smack
❖ Thunder
❖ Hell Dust
❖ big H
❖ Nose Drops

3. How is it used?
❖ Needle Injection either directly into the blood stream or
through muscle tissue

4. Short Term Effects
❖ Feeling of euphoria
❖ Warm flushing of the skin
❖ Dry Mouth
❖ Heavy Extremities
❖ Death

5. Long Term Effects
❖ Collapsed veins
❖ Infection of the heart lining and valves
❖ Liver disease
❖ Tolerance
❖ Addiction

6. User Population
❖ Unknown

7. Treatment Resources
❖ http://www.drug-rehabs.com/heroin-treatment.htm