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The side effects of heroin:

Short term side effects:

- Nausea

- Vomiting

- Drowsiness

- Itching

- Breathing may be severely slowed, even to the point of death

- Slower heart function

- Changes in the brain stem (an area which controls automatic body functions such as breathing)

Long term side effects:

- Withdrawal

- Collapsed veins from injecting (Clots form on the lining of the vein and gradually the vein becomes blocked. The vein then turns into scar tissue which shrinks and pulls the side of the vein together. Collapsed veins never recover.)

- Infection of the heart lining and valves

- Pneumonia

- Liver disease

- Higher risk of getting HIV, Hepatitis B and C and other viruses

- Bacterial infections

- Arthritis

- Seizures

- Strokes

- Depression

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