| Heroin 101 |
| #1 |
Heroin is derived from this plant. |
What is the poppy? |
| #2 |
This area of Southeast Asia includes Myanmar, Laos and Thailand and is known for its prolific heroin production. |
What is The Golden Triangle? |
| #3 |
The vast majority of black tar heroin found on the west coast comes from this country. |
What is Mexico? |
| #4 |
This synthetic opiate was developed in Germany in 1937. It’s often used as a treatment for heroin addiction, despite being more addictive and causing longer lasting, more intense withdraws. |
What is Methadone? |
| #5 |
The term heroin is derived from the German word heroisch, which translates in this. |
What is heroic? |
| Harm Reduction |
| #1 |
This service was first offered to IV drug users in the Netherlands during the 1970s as part of the "alternative youth service" provided by the St. Paul's church in Rotterdam. Although controversial, over 90 locations worldwide now offer this service, including one in North America. |
What are Safe Injection Sites? |
| #2 |
In the United States, it’s estimated that between 50-80% of all long term IV drug users have contracted this disease, for which there is no vaccination. |
What is Hepatitis C? |
| #3 |
In 2009, legislation was passed reversing the decades-old ban on federal funding for this program. But in 2011 reversed their decision again, enforcing a ban on federal funding. |
What are Needle Exchange Programs? |
| #4 |
Mixing this central nervous system depressant with heroin is suspected to be responsible for the majority of heroin related deaths. |
What is alcohol? |
| #5 |
New York City made headlines when they became the first city to equip all first responders, including police and firefighters, with a heroin overdose prevention kit, which includes this life-saving drug. |
What is Narcon, or Naloxone? |
| History of Heroin |
| #1 |
This pharmaceutical company first trademarked the brand name Heroin. |
Who is Bayer? |
| #2 |
A. Heroin was originally marketed as an effective, non-addictive treatment for this alignment. |
What is a cough? |
| #3 |
In 1853, modern medicine was changed forever with this invention, which allowed for instant administration of life-saving drugs and helped save many lives during the American Civil War. |
What is the Hypodermic Syringe? |
| #4 |
In 1914, congress passed this law, initially intended as a means to generate revenue by taxing the distribution, importation and production of opiates, their derivatives and coca leaves. |
What is the Harrison Act? |
| #5 |
In this year the chemical compound for heroin was first synthesize. |
What is 1874? |
| Heroin Chemistry |
| #1 |
This is the chemical name for heroin. |
What is diamorphine? |
| #2 |
After heroin crosses the blood-brain barrier, it is metabolized into this chemical. |
What is Morphine? |
| #3 |
The half-life of heroin, or the time it takes to lose half its potency after entering the body. |
What is 2-3 minutes? |
| #4 |
The opiate antagonist Naloxone when taken by someone with opiates like heroin in their system, causes this unpleasant condition by ripping the opiates away from their receptors. |
What are precipitated withdraws? |
| #5 |
Black tar heroin differs from other common types of heroin due to a greater mixture of these two metabolites unique to heroin? |
What are 6-MAM and 3-MAM? |
| Heroin Use |
| #1 |
This term is used to describe the process of smoking heroin, usually utilizing a piece of tin-foil. |
What is Chasing the Dragon? |
| #2 |
This rare condition, often associated with IV drug use, is caused by bacteria which colonizes cotton plants, and can cause fever, headaches, malaise, chills and nausea. |
What is Cotton Fever? |
| #3 |
Made from things like lighter fluid, quinine, paint thinner and hydrochloric acid, this cost-effective alternative to heroin is highly addictive and extremely short acting. Due to its nasty side effects, users have a life expectancy of just 2-3 years. |
What is Krokodil? |
| #4 |
In the United States, this is the most common way to administer heroin. |
What is intranasal? (AKA snorting, blowing) |
| #5 |
This less common route of administration has a bioavailability of 86%, ranking second next to an intravenous injection, and is often preferred by those unable or unwilling to IV. |
What is Intramuscular? |
