Black Tar Heroin Research Paper

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Heroin First off what is Heroin? Heroin is a highly addictive and rapidly acting drug that comes from the opiate family. It is synthesized from morphine which is a substance that comes from the seed pod of the Asian opium poppy plant. Heroin usually comes in a white or brown powder, or sometimes comes as a sticky black gunk known as “black tar heroin.” There are many different ways that Heroin is abused in our society. It can be injected, snorted, sniffed, or smoked. All these ways rapidly deliver the drug to the brain. Some younger users try to avoid injection because it “looks bad” but after a while they end up using that method because their bodies are becoming conditioned to the drug, and injection gives a more intense effect. About

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