Heroin Addiction and Detox

Heroin is one of the best known street drugs around the world. It is an odorless black or brown powder, usually consumed by being injected, snorted, or smoked. First introduced into the drug market in 1898 as a stronger version of morphine, from which it is derived, heroin is a highly addictive and dangerous drug. Its opiate nature allows the drug’s users to build up a tolerance to it after only a few weeks of constant use, fueling the need to increase dosages and frequency of use. Meanwhile, frequent use leads to higher likelihoods of overdose, collapsed veins, contraction of HIV/AIDS and/or death through respiratory depression.