5 comments
Morphine is the psychoactive ingredient in the heroin.
The brain sends messages to your body telling it that you need more of the drug.
I would never ever do drugs!
It is hard for people to stop using heroin because while they are taking heroin they feel good about themselves.
Some people are able to moderate their drug use but that is only when they are using a drug that dosent have as strong of an affect.

4 questions
What kind of affect does a pregnant mother taking the drug have on her unborn baby?
Is there a way to make yourself feel better without doing drugs?
Why do people really think that doing heroin is a way to get over their problems because their problems never really go away?
How do people get these drugs?

3 vocabulary
Inherent- part of the very nature of something, and therefore permanently characteristic of it or necessarily involved in it
Inferiority- lower or low in rank, standing, or degree
Analgesia- the lack of sensibility to pain while somebody is conscious
2 literary terms


1 overview sentence
All drugs have a bad affect on people but they use it because it makes them feel better when their life is going bad. But the way I look at it doing the drug does not solve problems but if anything makes the problems worst because the drug has a terrible affect and can be the cause of death and never actually solves the persons problems but just makes more problems if anything.

5 Comments
For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.
It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.
The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.
Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.
One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.

4 Questions
When you are high are you aware of what is going on?
When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?
What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?
What are adrenal glands?

3 Vocabulary
Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination
Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders
2 literary terms
Imagery- The author describes the guy taking a hit of heroin and goes into great detail about his emotions and feelings causing the reader to feel exactly what he is going through.

1 overview sentence
Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the drug.

5 Comments
For some addicts using heroin made them feel important.
It only takes a few seconds sometimes a minute for the affects of the drug to kick in.
The smaller that the pupil becomes the stronger the heroin.
Heroin is a terrible drug that has some crazy affects.
One dose of heroin can mess up the way you urinate.

4 Questions
When you are high are you aware of what is going on?
When you are not high do you remember what happened when you were high?
What about the drug makes reduces peoples anxiety and stress?
What are adrenal glands?

3 Vocabulary
Oppress- to subject a person or a people to a harsh or cruel form of domination
Psychotropic- describes drugs that are capable of affecting the mind, e.g. those used to treat psychiatric disorders
2 literary terms


1 overview sentence
Heroin is a crazy drug that has terrible side effects but still people take the risk and use the drug.
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5 comments
The opium smoking was having a major affect on the Chinese.
The addiction to the drug was becoming more clear
People now knew the affect of the drug and were taking advantage of that.
The opium got spread throughout the world
The opium was very addictive going three weeks without the opium drove people crazy.


4 Questions
Why would someone want to take heroin?
How many hits does it take for you to become addicted to the drug?
After an overdose, why does it hurt when you take your first few breaths after being revived?
When drug dealers deal the drug how are they sure whether someone is an undercover cop or not?


3 Vocabulary words
Derivatives- copied from somewhere and not original
Comatose- unable to function: in a very tired or drunken state
Insidious- the ability to see clearly and intuitively into the nature of a complex person, situation, or subject


2 Literary terms
“Silly, sad smile”- Alliteration
“The furnace was being stubborn”- Personification
1 Overview Sentence
The addiction to the drug is just about impossible to fight witho ut help and not getting help affects the other people in your life.

5 comments
Withdrawal of the drug causes crazy behavior.
When you overdose on the drug you become comatose
Heroin can short your breathing so you only breathe two or four breathes per minute
Later on people shot the heroin straight into their veins instead of smoking it.
Buying the drugs is very complicated.
4 Questions
What does, “Sealed works, fresh works” mean?
Why can’t you buy the cocaine, needle and glassine all at one place?
What was the mayonnaise for?
Why does he feel the need too throw up?
3 Vocabulary Words
Stupors- solidly made and likely to withstand prolonged use
Glassine- a transparent paper treated with a glaze to make it greaseproof and resistant to the passage of air. .
Nuances- a very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color
2 Literary Terms
None found. It is harder to find literary terms because the book is basically just information and facts so there is not really that many literary terms.
1 Overview Sentence=0 A
The guy in the book makes a purchase and takes a hit for the first time in three weeks. After taking the drug he feels better about himself and does not care about how crappy his life is.