Street Names for Heroin

**Adult Content** Heroin is one of several highly addictive drugs derived from the opium poppy plant, along with morphine, opium, Dilaudid, and others. In its purest form heroin is a white powder derived from the dried milk of the opium poppy and when its impure it can be brown in color. Common street names are lady, white girl, horse, black tar, brown sugar, smack, goods, H, junk, and Harry. Heroin is often smoked using tin foil heated up underneath resulting in the heroin turning to a liquid form and the user inhales the fumes known as tooting or chasing the dragon. Although many people commonly inject it into their veins with the use of a needle. The drug slows people down giving them a feeling of warmth and detachment. There are many risks and side effects to using heroin. For more information on this drug visit: http://www.watton.org/drugsinfo/aboutheroin.shtml.