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FACTS ON HEROIN
LONG TERM
• Collapsed veins
• Tuberculosis
• Arthritis
• Weakened immune system HIV - Hepatitis
• Severely decayed teeth & gumss
• Uncontrollable itching
• Coma
• Respiratory illnesses
• Muscular weakness, partial paralysis
• Reduced sexual capacity
• Loss of memory &intellectual performance
• Severe depression
• Pustules on the face
• Loss of appetite - malnutrition
SHORT TERM
• Dry mouth
• Slowed breathing
• Insomnia
• Clouded mental functioning
• Nausea and vomiting
• Itching
• Sedation; drowsiness
• Hypothermia
• Cold sweats
• Coma or death
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