HEROIN FACT SHEET
WARNING SIGNS
-long sleeves even in hot weather
-bad hygiene
-bruises or red irritation on arms or hands
-nodding off
-hang-up phone calls
-itching constantly, picking at face
-constantly sick: yawning, achy, shivering
-dropping grades
-withdrawal from friends/family
-missing items from home, pawn receipts
-easily irritated
-tiny pupils
TYPES OF HEROIN
1)CHINA WHITE, off-white in color-Most common form in St. Louis
2)BROWN, mustard brown color
3)BLACK TAR, crude tar texture-Previously common form, not very available in St. Louis
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF HEROIN USE
-collapsed veins -bacterial infections -abscesses -infection of heart lining
-arthritis and other rheumatologic problems -infectious diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, Hep B and C
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(800) 262-2463
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1-800-662-HELP (4357)
HEROIN STREET NAMES
Bean, Button, Shoe, Boy, Scat, Tar, China, China White, Dope, Brown, Capital H, Cookdown, Big H, Smack, Scag, "H", Hero, Black, Mud, Bindle, Balloon, Horse, Jack, Concrete, Cheese, Junk, Black Tar.
COST OF HEROIN
As little as $10 per button or bean.
METHODS OF USE
1) Sniffed-Sniffed in powder form. Heroin is usually cut with sleeping pills and/or other narcotics and sniffed through straws or rolled-up pieces of paper/money.
2) Smoked-Heroin is placed on an aluminum foil and evaporated with heat. Smoke is then inhaled through a straw. Also called 'chasing the dragon.'
3) Injected-User injects heroin using a syringe directly into their vein. Needles are purchased at local pharmacies.
THINGS TO LOOK FOR
-water bottle caps
(used to suction water into needle)
-spoons or torn apart soda cans
-missing spoons
(used to cook heroin with)
-hollowed-out pens(to snort heroin through)
-syringes
-razor blades
-aluminum foil (gum wrappers)
(used to smoke heroin with also called "chasing the dragon")
-shoestrings, belts with bite marks, elastic bands, straws, rolled up paper
(all used to inject or snort)
-candles or lighters
-small Ziploc baggies, balloons, empty pill capsules
-small rolled up pieces of cotton
(used to filter heroin through)
-black ash on tables, clothes, carpet
(from bottom of 'cooking' spoon)
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