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PSY 352 Topic 6 Assessment; Substance Use and the Biopsychosocial Model - Heroin

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Briefly introduce to Heroin substances such as the death cap mushroom.
The complete
Heroin is an opioid processed from opposite is true if a
morphine which is extracted from the poppy celebrity dies. Actors
seed pod (National Institute on Drug Abuse, such as River
Substance Use and 2018). Phoenix, or Phillip
Morphine is Seymour Hoffman or
the used as a
painkiller to
musicians like Janice Joplin or Kurt Cobain
only seem to fuel the desire for this poison.
Biopsychosocial treat severe
pain in the
Heroin became a trend called “Heroin Chic”
where models looked wasted and withered
Model medical setting but is highly addictive.
Heroin was first commercially produced in
in the
1990’s.
1898 by the Bayer Company. It was sold in Movies
tinctures, pills, and lozenges (Mosel, 2023). and music

Biopsychosocial factors of
Heroin heroin addiction This Photo by Unknown
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Addiction is genetic, scientists have romanticize the deadly drug such as
identified genes that carry addiction traits Trainspotting and like Under the Bridge by
Mandy T. Coplen (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2023). the Red-Hot Chili Peppers.
These traits often cause mental disorders
Grand Canyon University that affect the brain causing the inability to Health Risks
control the need for a substance. (National Short term effects of using heroin include
Health Psychology/ PSY 352 Institute of Mental Health, 2024). What but not limited to drowsiness, decreased
might start out as just following the crowd mental function, nausea, vomiting, slowed
can quickly turn into an addiction to a heart rate, and slowed breathing. This is why
Professor Konopka substance like heroin. overdosing is so prevalent. The euphoric
feeling is what people chase as it is fleeting
04/24/2025 Media’s influences
and difficult to ever get that same feeling as
Hearing about deaths related to a substance the first time. This is where the term chasing
is usually enough to keep people away from the dragon came from. Long term effects of
it. This is true for many poisonous using heroin include, infection of the heart

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