In life, we are pretty much given free rein in most areas of
everyday living. Free rein is defined as
the unrestricted liberty of action or decision.
Most of us have free rein to make any decision or to take a course of
action every day. Some of these
decisions or actions will have detrimental consequences and others will
not. Some will have short term effects
and others will have long term, and perhaps even fatal, consequences.
Heroin abuse is one of those actions that can have long
term, detrimental consequences and can even spread to affect our families,
friends and others. Heroin is an illegal
highly addictive drug and its use can lead to some devastating realities down
the road. Heroin is the most abused and
fastest acting opiate currently in use.
Usually sold as a white or brown powder that is “cut” with another
substance such as powdered milk or sugar but occasionally with strychnine or
other poisons to make it stretch further.
Short term effects of
heroin include the a surge of pleasurable sensation, also known as a rush, and an accompanying warm flushing of the
skin, dry mouth and a heavy feeling in the arms and legs and may include some
vomiting and severe itching. After the
initial effects, users may experience drowsiness for several hours, clouded
mental function, slowed cardiac function and severely slowed breathing,
sometimes even to the point of death.
Long term effects of heroin use include a sever addiction
that becomes a chronic, relapsing disease, acquiring infectious diseases such
as hiv/aids and hepatitis B and C, collapsed veins heart problems and
arthritis. Long term effects can also
include jail time for most users at some point.
If you have started down the path of heroin abuse, you may
want to use your free rein to seek help early and possible avoid some of the
conditions brought on by extended heroin use.
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