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It enters the bloodstream through water route of administration the addict chooses. You can snort it (thereby passing through the thin membranes in the nasal cavity), you can smoke it (thereby introducing it through the lungs), or most popularly it can be injected directly into a vein using a hypodermic syringe. Regardless of the route of administration, once in the bloodstream it goes to the heart which shoots it to the brain where the drug encounters opiate receptors that it binds to, thereby creating the "high". It enters the bloodstream through whatever route of administration the addict chooses. You can snort it (thereby passing through the thin membranes in the nasal cavity), you can smoke it (thereby introducing it through the lungs), or most popularly it can be injected directly into a vein using a hypodermic syringe. Regardless of the route of administration, once in the bloodstream it goes to the heart which shoots it to the brain where the drug encounters opiate receptors that it binds to, thereby creating the "high".

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There are four main ways to get heroin into your body: IV, Smoke, Snort, Rectal

If you're from The United States of America, depending on your location, east or west coast. Your heroin will vary. The east coast usually has heroin in powder form, usually a somewhat white color. This heroin is generally better quality and more pure. Most people snort or IV east coast powder.

Now the west coast isn't as spoiled. We have to deal with Black Tar Heroin. That is generally not as pure and worse for your body overall. Most people smoke (chase) tar off of foil with a pen or straw. Smoking heroin takes a lot of practice to get a good technique down so you aren't burning up your heroin and wasting money, which is why a lot of people don't like smoking as it's hard to master and you don't get as much bang for your buck. Smoking heroin is the route of administration that hits you the fastest, while IV is second, and snorting is third. You can also shoot black tar heroin by IV, as well as snort tar. Snorting tar is generally not the preferred way as it takes too much work to prepare and results aren't worthy.

You can also ingest heroin orally but your body absorbs so little of the drug this way it's considered a waste. Another popular method that's getting more attention is plugging. This is rectal administration of heroin.

(original answer) You can Inject it with a hypodermic needle, you can snort it, and you can smoke it....

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The primary method of taking heroin is to inject it, via hypodermic needle, into the veins. This is usually done in the arms, as these veins are both prominent and the most easily located on the body. However after long term usage, these veins can collapse and addicts take to different methods of injection; in the legs, hands, or even veins on the genitals.

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through injections, snorting, or smoking it.

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heroin can be smoked, injected intravenously (vein) or intramuscularly (muscle), orally (swallowed) or insufflated (snorting into nasal passage).

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Heroin can be taken into the body in a few different ways. Just like morphine it can be injected or taken orally. Heroin is also often smoked.

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Snorting, smoking, swallowing, or injecting.

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