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Signs Your Loved One May Need Heroin Addiction Treatment

Heroin addiction treatment is available through both inpatient and outpatient programs to help people overcome their need to use heroin.

What Exactly is Heroin?

According to www.drugfree.org, heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. It is a depressant that affects the brain’s pleasure systems and interferes with the brain’s ability to perceive pain. Heroin is typically a white to dark brown powder, or sticky tar-like substance.

Signs Someone You Love is Addicted to Heroin

Finding syringes and injection marks are some of the warning signs that someone you love is using heroin.

Heroin addiction is a dreadful addiction that can ultimately ruin a person’s life. If someone you love or know is addicted to heroin it is important that they get treatment. Heroin can cause numerous health problems and an overdose, which is easy to occur being that the drug is not legally prescribed. An overdose on heroin can cause a person to end up in a coma or die.

Signs that someone you love may be addicted to heroin can include any of the following:

Finding residue of a powdery white or dark brown substance on tables or in their bedroom
Finding syringes (Used for injection) or pipes (Used for smoking) laying around the house or in their bedroom
Noticing injection marks or bruising on their arm due to injection of a needle
The person is constantly in a sedative state and appears drowsy all of the time
The person takes laxatives frequently: Frequent heroin users tend to have problems with bowel movements and are constipated frequently
If the person has a dry mouth or suddenly nods off: This would occur a few minutes after your loved one has taken heroin; their skin will also flush due to the euphoric sensation that they will feel after first taking the drug

The Dangers of Heroin

Heroin is an illegal substance and because of its no legal status there are two concerns to the drug. First, a person using heroin is obtaining the substance illegally and if caught will be charged with a criminal offense that could result in jail time. Second, since the drug is illegal, a person using the drug will not know exactly what they are putting into their body which could lead to health problems additional to the ones that already occur from using the drug.

Heroin addiction can lead to financial hardships as well as the loss of family and jobs for people who use the substance. Heroin addiction is not a cheap addiction and a person using the drug may not have clear judgment when they are trying to find ways to support their habit, which can lead to criminal acts being committed.

If someone you know is suffering from a heroin addiction you may want to assist them with getting help for their addiction. Heroin treatment centers, both inpatient and outpatient, will provide a person with a caring environment equipped with the resources a person needs to get clean. Heroin treatment centers are located throughout the country most places will provide you with a free consultation or free information to help you find the right one to meet your loved one’s needs.

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