Heroin
is very dangerous, and highly addictive. It enters the brain
rapidly and
makes people think and react slowly. It causes them
to have difficulty
remembering things, it effects the way that
they act and make decisions. when a
person is addicted to Heroin
there is a complete lifestyle that goes along with
this type of
addiction. This is why
it is important to get the person to a
treatment facility that
is setup to handle heroin addicts. The average
28 day program
has almost no chance of working on a Heroin addict.
When a person has gone past using Heroin for recreation and has
become
physically addicted to the substance it can take up to
two weeks just to detox
and this will leave only two weeks for
treatment. Therein lies one of the
problems, a heroin addict
needs to be separated from the environment he or she
is using in
for no less than 3 months to ensure the best possible outcome
from a
treatment facility.
This drug poses special problems for those
injecting this drug because of the
risks of HIV, Hepatitis and
other diseases that can occur from sharing a needle,
spoon, or
cotton. These diseases can be passed to sexual partners
and newborns.
Heroin is one of the top 3 frequently
reported drugs in drug abuse deaths.
Violence and crime are also
linked to this drug.
Getting a Heroin addict to seek help can be a
difficult task to undertake, But
most Heroin addicts are tired
of being a slave to this drug and will be receptive
to
treatment. Most heroin addicts use this drug daily to
maintain what they call
being well once the drug
wears off the
addict becomes irritable, anxious and
their bones feel like they
ache from the inside out. When a Heroin addict has no
money and is on the verge of being sick this is when they can
make some
decisions that they normally would not make.
This is the point when they can do
anything illegal to
facilitate their habit.