| class="googleright"> | | | | Heroin is legendary for causing physical dependence in |
| Heroin users have some of the highest rates of | | | | its addicts such that when they try to quit the drug, |
| addiction in the world. Experts estimate that | | | | âhe or she may experience severe |
| âabout 23 percent of individuals who use | | | | symptoms of withdrawalâ¦and may last up to |
| heroin become dependent on it.â | | | | a week.â While many addicts have given the |
| Synthesized from morphine and related to opium, | | | | withdrawal symptoms as reasons for continued |
| heroin is delivered to the brain by injecting, snorting, | | | | dependence, experienced doctor Anthony Daniels |
| or smoking the usually white or brown power. | | | | says in his article Addicted to Lies, âIt has |
| Because a user becomes less tolerant to the drug | | | | long been established in scientific literature that |
| the more often it is taken, higher doses must be | | | | withdrawal from opiates is medically trivial, and that |
| ingested to continue receiving the | | | | the symptoms are much less unpleasant than flu, and |
| ârushâ heroin users are addicted to. | | | | easily alleviated. |
| This can easily lead to fatal overdoses. | | | | |