Heroin? How Do You Know Your Teen May Be Involved & What to do About it? – Volume 323, August 20, 2015
A couple of years ago, I had a client come in to see me. She had never used any sort of drug before she started shooting up with heroin. Her boyfriend was snorting it, but she thought it would be more fun to inject it. As a result of that decision she got herself addicted to the drug. I tell you this story to let you know, that not everyone comes to heroin after abusing other drugs first, though that is the usual manner in which it happens. The user will either get a prescription for a pain medication and then move onto heroin once the addiction has taken place, or will be using other illicit and ill gotten prescriptions and work up to a heroin addiction.
According to the Center for Disease Control, heroin deaths have increased 39 percent from 2012 to 2013 as a result of the states clamping down on the prescribing of pain medications. Heroin is easier to access, it being a fraction of the cost of pain medications..
In 2006 less then 1% of teens were using heroin. The average age of first use was 20 years old.
Heroin is an illegal Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it is highly addictive, because it enters the brain so quickly.
Often heroin is used along with alcohol, another depressant to the central nervous system making it even more lethal as the breathing gets more shallow, and in the case of an overdose death, stops completely. Because no one knows how strong the drug taken is, there is no way to know how much heroin got into the body’s system.
Because heroin enters the neurons of the brain and changes the speed of the chemicals in ther brain, it causes the brain to change physically as well as the way the user thinks.
If the heroin is being injected, exposure to HIV, Hepatitis B and C along with other diseases that can be contracted from the use of the needles.
There is no safe way of ingesting heroin, snorting, smoking or injecting it, it is all heroin. As such, you can still get addicted to it and die of an overdose from it as many celebrities have. Heroin is one of the most frequently reported drugs by medical examiners in drug abuse cases.
Withdrawal from heroin produces cravings for the drug, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting which last between three days to a week on average.
How can you tell if your teen is using heroin? Here are the signs:
- Euphoria
- Drowsiness
- Impaired mental functioning
- Slowed down respiration
- Constricted pupils
- Signs of a heroin overdose include:
- Shallow breathing
- Pinpoint pupils
- Clammy skin
- Convulsions
- Coma
If you know of someone who is using heroin, do them a favor and do your best to get them the help they require, because their life may very well be on the line. If you believe that someone you know is experiencing a drug overdose, call 911 to get them the care they require as soon as possible.
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Suzanne Kellner-Zinck founded Dawning Visions Hypnosis in 2002, She has become an innovator in the use of hypnotism and neuro-linguistic programming in the areas of obsessive compulsive disorders such as: eating disorders, sexual addiction and substance abuse as well as working with those with anxiety and mood disorders.
Her clients have come to work with her from across the United States and as far away as Africa to help them to finally be freed from these emotional issues that once ruled their lives. Today she is in the process of bringing her work to many more in the form of ebooks and other downloadable formats.
She is a member of American Holistic Medical Association and the American College for Advancement in Medicine.
Prior to founding Dawning Visions Hypnosis, Kellner-Zinck worked within vendor programs for the mentally ill working to help them to live up to their fullest potential. Many of her previous clients were able to move out on their own and find fulfilling work.
Kellner-Zinck is a Certified Trainer of Hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic programing through Tad James Company, Inc. and a Master Hypnotist and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming through Advanced Neuro Dynamics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in education and political studies from Curry College.
Dawning Visions Hypnosis is teaching people that they can indeed leave their unwanted behaviors behind as they move forward to living fulfilling and joy filled lives.