Opiates are also called narcotics.
Opiates are DRUGS that ALLEVIATE PAIN, DEPRESS BODY FUNCTIONS & REACTIONS, AND when TAKEN in LARGE doses CAUSE A STRONG EUPHORIC FEELING.
NAMES:
- Demerol(meperidine)
- Numorphan(oxymorphine)
- Percodan(oxycodone)
STREET LINGO:
- Big M
- Micro
- Dots
- Horse
- "H"
- Junk
- Smack
- Scag
- Miss Emma
- Dope
- China White
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
- Due to the variety of compounds & forms, opiates are difficult to cleary describe in terms of form, color, odor, etc.
- Opium and its derivatives can range from DARK BROWN CHUNKS to WHITE CRYSTALS or POWDERS.
- Depending on the method of intake, they may be in powder, pill, or liquid form.
PARAPHERNALIA:
- needles
- syringe caps
- eyedroppers
- bent spoons
- bottle caps
- rubber tubing(used in the preparation for injection of the drug)
METHOD OF INTAKE
- pill form
- smoked
- injected
DURATION OF SINGLE DOSE EFFECT:
- 3 to 6 hours
DETECTION TIME:
- Up to 2 days
EVIDENCE:
- paraphernalia
- foil
- glassine envelopes
- paper "bundles" (packets for holding drugs)
- balloons or prophylactics use to hold heroin
- bloody tissues used to wipe the injection site
- a pile of burned matches used to heat the drug prior to injection
PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
- constricted pupils
- sweating
- nausea
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- needle marks "tracks"
- wearing long sleeves
- loss of appetite
- slurred speech
- slowed reflexes
- depressed breathing & heartbeat
- drowsiness
- fatigue
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