A group of youth were having a 'rave party' in an isolated area and was raided by police. Packets of 'smack' and the name of its source plant.
c) Syringes and needles used by the youth for taking the drug could prove to be very fatal. Why?

Explanation

a) Opioids are the drugs which bind to specific opiod receptors inner central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Heroin, commonly called smack is chemically diacetyl morphine which is a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound. This is obtained by acetylation of morphine, which is extracted from the latex of poppy plant Papaver somniferum. Generally taken by snorting and injection, heroin is a depressant and slow down body functions.
b)Chemical name: Diacetylmorphine, Source Plant: Opium Poppy.
c) Those who take drugs intravenously (direct injection into the vein using a needle and syringe), are much more likely to acquire serious infections like AIDS and Hepatitis B. The viruses which are responsible for these diseases, are transferred from one person to another by sharing of infected needles and syringes. Both AIDS and Hepatits B infections are chronic infections and ultimately fatal. AIDS can be transmitted to one's life partner through sexual contact while Hapatitis B is transmitted throgh infected blood.