Other opiates with a similar effect include morphine, codeine, methadone, palfium, diconal and pethadine. Opiates are addictive or habit forming. Heroin costs 20- 30 for half a gram. Heroin can be sniffed, smoked or injected. The effects are the same but each method has different risks.
Smoking is safer than sniffing.
It enters the body gradually, so the dose can be more easily controlled. Injecting is the riskiest method of taking heroin. The dose reaches the brain almost immediately, increasing the possibility of overdose. Impurities are introduced directly into the bloodstream. This can cause septacaemia and other infections.