What are the health problems synonmous with heroin addiction?
Opiates are naturally produced in the body. They are called endorphins. These endorphins help you regulate the release of dopamine. When external opiates are introduced into the bloodstream they bind with the opiate receptors in the brain. From there dopamine is released and dopamine is what causes you to attain the euphoric feeling. A person can use heroin, at great length and with large doses for their entire life and it have no real adverse health effects. Besides changing someones mental state, there are no real adverse physical health problems associated with long term opiate use. Over 90% of all cases of overdose reported where heroin was the main drug found in the body, heroin was not the only drug found and it’s always other drugs in combination with heroin that trigger death. Opiates are respiratory depressents and in conjunction with other drugs can shut down the respiratory system and lead to death.
