A speedball is a drug mixture. When a person blends heroin and cocaine, usually into a syringe to be injected, they are doing a ‘speedball.’…
In the mid-1990s, pharmaceutical companies released opioid painkiller medications — specifically OxyContin. They pushed this medication heavily, ensuring medical professionals it was safe to use…
Needle track marks are scars found on the skin of individuals involved in intravenous drug use. Although most people will ‘shoot up’ drugs directly into…
A gateway drug is a mild habit-forming drug that can lead to other harder, more addictive drugs. For instance, many people believe that alcohol, nicotine,…
A track mark is an area of skin that is discolored along your vein that has been damaged due to injecting drugs like heroin or…
Heroin is a very addictive and illicit opiate that is processed from morphine, which is a naturally occurring substance extracted from the poppy plant. Heroin…
Heroin is a highly addictive, powerful illicit opiate that is derived from Morphine. Morphine is a naturally occurring substance that comes from the seed pod…
Over the past decade or so, the rates of heroin abuse and addiction throughout the US have skyrocketed exponentially. According to the National Institute on…
Buprenorphine is a partial agonist opioid medication that is prescribed to help people who are addicted to heroin or other opioids manage opioid withdrawal symptoms,…
Addiction to heroin is a tough battle, and for many heroin-addicted individuals, their struggle to quit heroin is extraordinarily complex. Heroin is an opioid drug,…