People who rely on heroin to escape their problems may end up being more depressed as the drug floods the body's receptors responsible for regulating both pleasure and pain.
Prolonged use of heroin gradually numbs addicts to its effects and so they crave more each time they take the drug, hoping to re-create the first high they experienced.
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