Heroin By paul brady INDEX * INTRODUCTION * HEROIN * WHAT ARE ITS SHORT-TERM EFFECTS? * WHAT ARE ITS LONG-TERM EFFECTS? * CONCLUSION * BIBLIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION The aim of this assignment is to explain about the drug Heroin‚ its addiction‚ describing its short and long term effects. Which are illustrated in diagrams below and to give a better understanding of the drug. This topic of discussion has taken an interest as Heroin addiction is on the
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What is heroin? Heroin is formed by morphine‚ which is a naturally occurring substance taken from the seed of an Asian opium poppy plant. There are many different ways heroin can appear‚ such as a white or brown powder or a black sticky substance‚ known as “black tar heroin”. 1.6% of Americans ages 12 and up admitted to trying heroin at least once in their lifetime. About 23% of individuals who use heroin have become dependent on it. Heroin was first manufactured by the Bayer medication company of
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Effects of Marijuana‚ Heroin and Alcohol. Contents Effects of Marijuana Effects of Heroin Effects of Alcohol Effects of Marijuana Marijuana is a combination of shredded leaves‚ stems and flower buds of the Cannabis sativa plant. Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug. Occasional marijuana use is rarely seriously harmful‚ but smoking pot has important medical effects. Physiological Effects of Marijuana The active ingredient in marijuana is THC. That ’s short for delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
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Heroin is known as morphine diacetate or diamorphine when it is used in medical environment‚ it is also referred to as “black tar” among other names in colloquial language. Alder Wright was the first person to synthesize heroin in 1874 when he added two groups of acetyl to morphine molecules (Rubin‚ 2013). Heroine is an active drug which can also be used in medicine to treat severe pain that results from heart attack or injuries; it is absorbed in the body as morphine. According to Levert (2005)
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Heroin is a highly addictive analgesic drug. Heroin‚ which is a popular choice of drug in America‚ is not a new drug that magically popped up in the late 1960’s. In the mid 1800’s opium was a popular drug. Opium was brought to the country by Chinese immigrants who came here to work on railroads. In the old west alcoholism as a big problem and opium was promoted as a cure for alcoholism. Before it was illegal opium was developed as a pain killer in 1810. “It was considered a wonder drug because it
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Question: What another kind of non-pharmacological interventions have you implemented in your clinical setting to decrease hypertension? Hi Smitha‚ Very good question. In my clinical setting which is acute care/outpatient cardiac rehabilitation‚ patient education is the key to unlocking the non-pharmacologic strategies to reduce hypertension. As Babaee Beigi et al. (2014‚ p. 97) acknowledge that educational teaching has noteworthy acceptable effects on lifestyle alteration and blood pressure management
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The Use of Non-Pharmacological Therapy in Children The Use of Non-Pharmacological Therapy in Children Children’s pain is multidimensional with psychological‚ physiological and behavioural domains‚ which presents unique challenges in the assessment and evaluation. These challenges require close consideration of the child’s age‚ prior pain experiences‚ developmental‚ cognitive and communication levels. As nurses are responsible in the assessment of children’s pain‚ it is appropriate to
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Heroin Heroin related deaths and arrests among young pop culture musicians has not been this visible for decades. "We observe pop culture making this drug- which is very lethal-look glamorous and chic‚" says Ginna Marston of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (54). For example‚ according to Karen Schoemer’s report for Newsweek‚ Kurt Cobain of Nirvana‚ Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon and Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead‚ all participated and abused heroin (54). Kurt Cobain took his own life with
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among minors‚ among these drugs is heroin. For those of who you don’t know‚ heroin is an opiate drug synthesized from morphine. It is usually in the form of a brown or white powder and also as a sticky black substance known as black tar heroin. With the way that we are currently trying to control the drug market right now‚ we can’t stop the growing popularity of heroin. Recently a well-known actor‚ Phillip Seymour Hoffman died of a suspected overdose of heroin‚ which brought into sharp relief
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History of Heroin Heroin is named after the German word for hero‚ heroisch. Heroin is an illegal‚ highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine‚ a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as black tar heroin. Although purer heroin is becoming more common‚
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