What are some of the dangers of heroin use?
Besides the already mentioned effects like danger of infection, respiratory arrest, etc. opoids are extremely habituating substances. By this we mean that the user rapidly develops a tolerance to the drugs effect. In order to achieve the same degree of euphoria, larger and larger doses must be taken. Especially for the inexperienced user, because the tolerance changes and the window of “the high” is so small overdose becomes an exceptionally easy end. Some heroin users will abstain for long periods of time, perhaps trying to quit, only to use again, but forget that their tolerance has decrease and overdose by taking the same amount they had taken before their brief hiatus. Crime and a crime oriented lifestyle often become part and parcel of heroin use because constant need for the drug to avoid being “sick” requires constant money. Constant money requires a good steady job which most regular users cant keep so they have to scam and steal. Where theres heroin theres crime.
