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    Heroin is an illegal and highly addictive drug processed from morphine, which is extracted from poppy plants. It is consumed orally or injected and binds to mu-opioid receptors in the brain, producing euphoric effects and reducing pain but also depressing central nervous system activity. Long-term use can lead to liver and kidney disease, insomnia, tooth decay, gum disease and chronic constipation. For teenagers, heroin is especially damaging to the developing brain and central nervous system.

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    trabajo sobre la heroína y sus efectos

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    Heroin is an illegal and highly addictive drug processed from morphine, which is extracted from poppy plants. It is consumed orally or injected and binds to mu-opioid receptors in the brain, producing euphoric effects and reducing pain but also depressing central nervous system activity. Long-term use can lead to liver and kidney disease, insomnia, tooth decay, gum disease and chronic constipation. For teenagers, heroin is especially damaging to the developing brain and central nervous system.

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    Heroin

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    Heroin is an illegal and highly addictive drug processed from morphine, which is extracted from poppy plants. It is consumed orally or injected and binds to mu-opioid receptors in the brain, producing euphoric effects and reducing pain but also depressing central nervous system activity. Long-term use can lead to liver and kidney disease, insomnia, tooth decay, gum disease and chronic constipation. For teenagers, heroin is especially damaging to the developing brain and central nervous system.

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    HEROIN

    HEROIN IS A TYPE OF DRUG THAT IS CONSUMED ORALLY OR


    INJECTED INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. HEROIN IS A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
    ILLEGAL DRUG THAT IS PROCESSED FROM MORPHINE, A NATURALLY
    OCCURRING SUBSTANCE EXTRACTED FROM THE SEED PODS OF
    CERTAIN POPPY PLANTS.

    HEROIN, AN ILLICIT OPIATE, IS KNOWN FOR ITS


    EUPHORIC EFFECTS, AS WELL AS ITS ABILITY TO
    REDUCE PAIN.
    HEROIN BINDS TO AND ACTIVATES SPECIFIC
    RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN CALLED MU-OPIOID
    RECEPTORS (MORS)

    HEROIN ALSO DEPRESSES ACTIVITY


    IN YOUR CENTRAL NERVOUS
    SYSTEM (CNS)

    OTHER EFFECTS:
    LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASE
    INSOMNIA (DIFFICULTY SLEEPING)
    TOOTH DECAY AND GUM DISEASE
    CHRONIC CONSTIPATION
    THE MAIN DAMAGES TO TEENAGERS CAUSED
    BY THIS DRUG ARE THOSE THAT IT CAUSES IN
    THE BRAIN OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, IT
    IS A SUBSTANCE THAT IS ILLEGAL FOR A
    REASON, BECAUSE IT IS VERY HARMFUL FOR
    THE SULD AND EVEN MORE SO FOR A
    TEENAGER WHO IS STILL DEVELOPING.

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