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Heroin is a powerful, highly addictive narcotic derived from the opium poppy. Usually snorted, smoked or injected, heroin produces an intense high that lasts a few hours, depending on dose. User feels sedated, with slurred speech, dry mouth and pinpoint pupils. In combination with other depressant drugs, like alcohol, risk of overdose increases. Much higher purity of street heroin in recent years has greatly increased deaths from heroin overdose, even for first time users. Continued use of heroin results in skin abscesses, heart infection, liver disease as well as addiction. Withdrawal from heroin (detox) brings on tremors, cramps, vomiting, bone pain and convulsions. Medical supervision of withdrawal is advisable.