What do fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion, collapsed veins, and infectious diseases all have in common? They are all serious health conditions that might occur if someone is abusing opiates. This includes heroin, also known as diacetyl morphine or diamorphine. Its abuse is more widespread than any other opiates. In this paper, opiates and heroin will be deeply discussed and their major effect on society.
             What does it mean to be drugged? It means losing your health. It means losing the ability to learn. It means losing your family and friends. It means losing free will. It means losing the joy of living. When a person does drugs, it is likely that they will lose more than what they gain by the drug's effects. People only one desire in life- to get high. The attitude is now, "What the hell do I care?" Being drugged also means that there is the constant possibility of infection, disease, and even death. But that doesn't matter because an addict only wants their fix.
             So what makes drugs so appealing to young people? Well might do it because it's something to help their social status- to be like their friends. They might be trying to numb the physical or mental suffering of life. Drugs offer a solution to many teenagers that think they don't have future. Lastly, doing drugs is dangerous and forbidden. It's a chance for them to do something that they know is wrong.
             Opiates are a group of drugs, which are used medically to relieve pain, but also have a high potential for abuse. They tend to relax the user, which would make sense of the fact that once in the body, it will bring on a feeling of euphoria. Opiates are derived from papaver somniferum, an Asian poppy. Some opiates come from the resin that is extracted from the seed of the poppy. Generic names of some opiates are opium, morphine, heroin, oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and hydrocodone. Heroin acc...