Drug addiction comes in many forms. People get addicted to all sorts of substances ranging from nicotine in cigarettes, cough syrups, prescription medicines and many more. However, the hardcore drugs are what causes the worst side-effects and even death. Possibly the worst form of drug addiction is heroin addiction. Heroin is a white powdery substance that is extracted from opium plants. Heroin has a terrible effect on a drug abuser’s psyche and physical health.
Drug addicts all over the world use heroin on a daily basis and some of them won’t stop at anything to get their hands on their next fix. This can become a very dangerous situation as a person could become violent in order to ensure that he gets his hands on more drugs. Many desperate addicts take to robbery and assault in order to get the money they need to buy more heroin. All of this is what makes heroin addiction one of the worst forms of drug addiction in the world.
The effects of heroin addiction includes weight loss or even weight gain in some instances, incomprehensible actions and words, scars from the needles used to inject the drug and dilated pupils. Heroin abuse over a long period of time will only exacerbate these symptoms and can lead to fatalities, mostly due to an overdose.
There have also been instances where heroin abusers sleep for very long periods of time, which is not entirely healthy. There are also cases where drug abusers suffer from excessive sweating and cold hands and feet. The only way to get rid of these symptoms for good is to stop using any form of drugs altogether. However, this is not as easy as it may seem from an outsider’s perspective.
Going for drug rehabilitation is one of the scariest and most painful experiences a drug abuser will ever experience. Drug rehab centres have professional staff that have undergone extensive training in order to deal with drug-abuse related withdrawal symptoms and whatever else may become a problem during the rehab program. Rehab takes a long time and the withdrawal period may last for a couple of weeks as well.