Heroin

BLACK TAR

WHITE HEROIN

BROWN HEROIN

SOUTH EAST ASIAN HEROIN

Diacetylmorphine, or diamorphine, is a is a highly potent painkiller that occurs naturally in the latex sap of the seed pod of the opium poppy, known as opium.

OPIUM

THE PROCESS

• The Beginning
• A Fix
• Similar Effect as Alcohol
• Agonist Therapy
• Methadone (1960s)
• Controls Symptoms
• Buprenorphine
• Relapse
• Treatment stage = Dangerous
• Overestimate = Possible Overdose/Death
• Long Term Treatment
• Therapy & Support
• Lifelong Struggle

THE ADDICT

Behavioural Signs:

• Lying & Deceptive Behaviour
• Avoiding eye contact
• Increased sleeping
• Slurred or incoherent speech
• Sudden decline in performance (school/work)
• Lack of attention on hygiene/appearance
• Lack of motivation
• Withdrawal from friends & family
• Lack of interest in hobbies
• Repeatedly stealing or borrowing

Signs during/after consumption:

• Dry Mouth
• Disorientation
• Sudden Changes in Behaviour
• Cycles of alertness followed by nodding off
• Shortness of Breath
• Small Pupils
• Droopy Appearance

Warning Signs:

• Needles/Syringes not for medical purposes
• Burned spoons
• Burnt aluminum foil
• Missing shoe laces
• Straws with burn marks
• White powdery residue
• An assortment of pipes

• Hostile Behaviours
• Decline in Self Esteem
• Wearing long pants/long sleeves even in warm weather

THE ADDICT

• Collapsed veins/ infections
• Loss of brain matter
• "Addict lifestyle"
• Long term effects
• Short term effects
• Side effects of heroin

THE FAMILY

- Addiction as a family disease

- Roles of the family

- Impacts on children

- Impact on spouses

- Impact on parents

SOCIETY

• Increase of drug related deaths
• Increase in heroin use
• Treatment

CANADA

• 948,000 Americans used heroin

Ages 18-25

• First time users 170,000

• Dependence/heroin use disorder 214,000 to 626,000

• 72,000 consumers of

• non-prescribed POs and/

or heroin

• Commonly injected

• Quebec-152 opioid related deaths

• 9% involved heroin

• Ontario-3406 opioid related deaths between 1991 and 2004

UNITED STATES

GRAPHS

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