Heroin TriFold Brochure

“The dealer said, “I don’t Don’t hesitate to pick up
have any Oxycontin but the phone for help!
I have heroin.” I snorted it
and right then and there I CALL
was addicted.” Mental Health America – Sheboygan

-Mandy, Heroin Addict (920) 458-3951 or
www.mhasheboygan.org
The link between prescription
drug abuse and heroin is undeniable. or
Among teens, prescription drugs are SAMHSA 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or
the most commonly used drugs
besides marijuana, and nearly half of findtreatment.samhsa.gov
the pills being abused are pain or
killers. When the popular pain
killer Oxycontin was re-formulated to Sheboygan County Mental Health Crisis
prevent its abuse, heroin quickly Line: 920-459-3151
became a cheap, easy-to-get
alternative. In case of medical emergency,
dial 911
Prescription drugs like Oxycontin,
Percocet and Vicodin
are the
primary
gateways
to heroin use.

The Fly Effect:
A Heroin Prevention
Campaign

For more
information about
the “Fly Effect,”
visit theflyeffect.com.

Since 2009, the City of Heroin is a highly addictive illegal drug that How Can You Tell if someone is
Sheboygan has experienced: produces an intense, euphoric high when using Heroin?
smoked, snorted or injected. It’s made from
200% increase in morphine, but street heroin is much more When high on heroin, a person’s skin is
identified heroin dangerous due to dealers mixing additives, flushed, they are clumsy, their thinking is
such as, sugar, caffeine, Benadryl, quinine or cloudy and because the drug dangerously
overdoses the unknown into their product. slows a user’s breathing and heartbeat, the
1500% increase in addict seems drowsy. If they are not
More than 75% of those getting high in front of you, heroin users
heroin arrests who try heroin once will are hard to spot. By the time the signs are
use again! obvious (track marks, extreme weight loss,
What You Can Do… behavior changes) the addiction has taken
The user builds up a natural tolerance to the over.
 Store all needed medications in a drug’s effect over time and eventually they
secure, safe place. will need more to feel the same high. An Can Heroin Addicts Quit?
addict will suffer withdrawals, such as,
 Know what medications you have muscle and bone pain, fever, diarrhea and Heroin addiction is a progressive condition –
within your household. vomiting if they do not feed the addiction. the more advanced it gets, the harder it is
to treat. So if you think someone you know
 Bring unwanted medicines to a Every time a person uses heroin, is struggling with prescription painkiller or
secure drop-off box at one of the he or she risks dying. heroin addiction, talk to them. Seek
following locations: professional help immediately. There
Police Department Drug Drop Off Overdosing is easy when you don’t know are treatment options and support
Points – Sheboygan, Sheboygan how strong a dose is or what’s really in it. services to help addicts and their
Falls, Kohler, Plymouth, Elkhart Lake The danger’s even greater when heroin is loved ones through the
combined with other drugs or alcohol. recovery process.