Opiates act on the human body so that the most important body functions - breathing and heart activity are inhibited. With an overdose of these functions may be completely out of order, which leads to death. Use of opiates has a strong influence on vision, hearing, touch and smell. Addict it seems that he is under a bell jar, completely at the mercy of the strong and good feeling drugged. Other opiates (not heroin) are used in medicine because of their strong analgesic action. They also give a sense of calm and inner harmony, which is very favorable for the operated patients and victims of accidents, as well as infarction. After the first period of intense pleasurable sensations, so-called "honeymoon", the life of an addict becomes a constant struggle for these initial experiences.  In pursuit of lost sensations doses are growing day by day. Then the fight goes to a different track: now a drug addict trying at all costs to remove discomfort due to withdrawal syndrome, or "demand" return to normal physical and mental condition. This is called the "fight against anti-foray. After a period of disaccustoming sense of pleasure in the new drug use is once again facing a very acute. 

Sometime addict can survive in small doses, but then again comes the addictive and dose must be increased. Many drug users year after year, so wander round in circles: prick, wean, again, prick, etc. If for some time to take large doses, after the cessation of intake of opiate withdrawal comes a serious condition with a sudden fever, muscle pain, nausea, diarrhea, etc., resulting in a drug addict seeking at any price to get a new batch of potion to get rid of physical pain.

How Long Do Opiates Stay In Your System?

Danger of opiates is that intoxication is very attractive. Most people have tried, even knowing about the rapid onset of addiction and serious danger of opiates, cannot deny myself the pleasure again and again to experience the "high". Oddly enough, opiates least toxic of all drugs. Opiate addicts can use your favorite potion for a long time, so that their physical health has remained virtually unchanged. 

However, opioids are the most dangerous substances, since in overdose cause respiratory depression, and in severe cases - death. According to the Swedish mortality among opiate addicts is approximately two times higher than among amphetamine or stimulant abusers, and 2% per annum to 1%. Maybe these numbers do not seem impressive, but from the standpoint of statistics, it is - a very high mortality rate, exceeding mortality from any disease that has a chronic course, excluding the tumor. In addition, to opiates extremely quickly formed a dependency. The same applies to psych stimulants. You can say it - the dependence on the lifetime and the one who decided to break with it, very hard.