Heroin and Prescription Opioids

Course overview

This course covers Heroin and prescription Opioids. It includes: what heroin is and how it is used, the scope of heroin in the US, the effects of heroin on the body, the immediate short-term effects of heroin use, the long-term effects of heroin use, heroin's link to prescription drug misuse, medical complications of chronic heroin use, why heroin use creates a special risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis b and c, how heroin use affects pregnant women, what can be done for heroin overdose and treatments for heroin use disorder.