Heroin

Heroin What is Heroin? What are the Effects? What is a Typical Dose? Be Careful! More Harm Reduction Tips What is heroin? Heroin, or diacetylmorphine, is made from the opium poppy. It belongs to a class of drugs known as opioids.  Opioids bind to opioid receptors in the brain. The body produces its own opioids, like endorphins. Heroin can come in a white or brownish powder (“east coast powder”) or as a dark brown and sometimes sticky substance (“tar”). Heroin is most often smoked or injected because these routes produce a stronger onset, but it can also be snorted or ingested orally. What are the effects? Heroin has powerful pain-relieving properties.  It’s...