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Tennessee Heroin Addiction
Because Tennessee is unique in the fact that it is bordered by eight other states, it has become a large importer of illegal narcotics from many other “source” states in the region. While heroin is not considered a widespread problem in much of Tennessee, law enforcement officials have noticed a huge upsurge in heroin activity in recent years especially around the areas of Memphis and Nashville. Mexican production of this cheap and powerful drug is growing in many rural and urban areas of Tennessee as evidence of recent arrests of Mexican drug traffickers in the state.
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Authorities are also attributing a lot of this increased demand of heroin due to the similar rise in demand for prescription drugs. But because prescription drugs like oxycontin are so expensive on the street level, many users are switching to heroin which is a far cheaper alternative. This sort of addiction progression is not uncommon, especially with heroin being more widely available in many parts of the country.
Heroin and Its Risks
Heroin is a highly addictive illegal drug cultivated from the seed pod of the opium poppy flower. Heroin usually appears as a brown or white powder, or as a sticky black substance known as black tar heroin. Heroin can be snorted, sniffed, or smoked, but the most common method is through injection. Injection is the fastest delivery route to the brain and offers the most potent effects. Heroin is also known by various street names such as China White, Diesel, Dope, H, Horse, Mud, and Smack, to name a few.
Heroin has several risks, including lethal overdose and contracting dangerous blood borne viruses like HIV and Hepatitis C from sharing needles with other users. Chronic users who inject heroin risk scarred or collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, pneumonia, and liver and kidney disease. Long term heroin use is often characterized by heroin addiction. When someone uses heroin regularly over a certain period of time they can often develop a strong heroin addiction, in which their bodies can no longer function normally without the drug. Heroin dependency can lead to powerful withdrawal symptoms that can last anywhere from days, weeks, to even months.
Heroin Withdrawal Symptoms and Suboxone
Suboxone is a prescription medication used for the treatment of heroin dependency and withdrawal symptoms. Suboxone works to help ease withdrawal symptoms associated with an opiate addiction, while simultaneously working to block any existing opiates from entering the system. Tennessee Suboxone rehab is effective on any opiate based drug including heroin, oxycontin, oxycodone, codeine, percocet, vicodin and morphine. Suboxone is often combined with other effective heroin addiction treatments such as addiction counseling and behavioral therapy.
Seek Help for a Heroin Addiction Now
If you, or someone you love is addicted to heroin, or other powerful opiate based drugs, do not hesitate to look through our extensive Tennessee suboxone directory for a suboxone doctor near you.
