Symptoms of an Opium Addiction:
If you believe that yourself or a friend may have a serious problem with opium use, look for these telltale symptoms:
-Paranoia
-Hallucinations
-Confusion
-Loss of Weight
-Anxiety
-Insomnia
-Glazed or Red-Rimmed Eyes
In addition, behaviors such as excessive spending on Opium, obsession with Opium use, powerful craving for Opium, and personality changes can be a sign of Opium abuse.
If you believe that yourself or a friend may have a serious problem with opium use, look for these telltale symptoms:
-Paranoia
-Hallucinations
-Confusion
-Loss of Weight
-Anxiety
-Insomnia
-Glazed or Red-Rimmed Eyes
In addition, behaviors such as excessive spending on Opium, obsession with Opium use, powerful craving for Opium, and personality changes can be a sign of Opium abuse.
What makes Opium Addictive?
Opium contains a chemical called alkaloid morphine, which causes the addictive aspects of the drug. Regular smoking of opium causes your body to crave the drug. After extended periods of use, the body builds up a dependence on opium, which means that the user must now take opium regularly in order to function properly. Failure to do this can cause painful withdrawal symptoms.
What do you do if you have an Opium problem?
Having an opium addiction, as with all drugs, can be an embarrassing, painful,and frightening experience. The first step to overcoming the addiction is detoxification, a process which removes the drug from your body. This also ends your body's dependence on the drug, but often the addict still suffers from a powerful mental addiction which the detoxification cannot end. To solve this, many addicts enter therapy programs and sobriety programs where the addict, along with other struggling addicts and doctors, work together to rebuild their lives and end the psychological dependence on the drug, be it opium, heroin, or any other substance.
Effects of Opium on the Body:
1. Opium slows the user's breathing, which can result in
unconsciousness and in extreme cases, death.
2. Severe nausea is another short-term effect of smoking opium.
3. The use of opium also leads to constipation in some cases.
4. When used combined with other substances, such as alcohol or
barbiturates, opium leads to extremely dangerous respiratory depression.
5. Opium also leads to itching, sweating, and increased urination
Effects of Opium on the Mind:
1. Opium induces a feeling of euphoria, or extreme happiness.
2. Opium relieves pain and stress
3. Opium impairs the user's concentration
4. Opium limits or impairs the user's sex drive.
5. Opium causes sleepiness and loss of appetite.
Facts about Opium
1. Opium is classified as a Type II substance by NIDA.
2. Opium is known on the street as "Big O" or "Black Stuff".
3. Opium takes the form of small black tar-like clumps.
4. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium.
5. Other major producers of opium include Myanmar and Latin America.
6. Opium was historically used medically as a painkiller.
7. Morphine and Codeine are opium-based medical painkillers currently in use.
8. Opium is extracted from the bulbs of the poppy flower in the form of a milky
fluid, which later hardens into "bricks" or "cakes".
9. Heroin, another commonly abused illegal drug, is also derived from opium.
10. Under Taliban regime, Afghanistan produced a record crop of 4,500 metric tons
of illicit opium.
11. Opium is exclusively smoked, although derivative substances can be taken in
other forms.
2. Opium is known on the street as "Big O" or "Black Stuff".
3. Opium takes the form of small black tar-like clumps.
4. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium.
5. Other major producers of opium include Myanmar and Latin America.
6. Opium was historically used medically as a painkiller.
7. Morphine and Codeine are opium-based medical painkillers currently in use.
8. Opium is extracted from the bulbs of the poppy flower in the form of a milky
fluid, which later hardens into "bricks" or "cakes".
9. Heroin, another commonly abused illegal drug, is also derived from opium.
10. Under Taliban regime, Afghanistan produced a record crop of 4,500 metric tons
of illicit opium.
11. Opium is exclusively smoked, although derivative substances can be taken in
other forms.