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- People living in a large metropolitan area <br />- 18 to 25 year olds <br /> <br />(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) <br />What to look for if you believe someone in your home is using heroin: <br /> <br />Heroin is usually smoked, snorted, or injected. You might find remnants of the drugs or the <br />paraphernalia of drug use left behind. Heroin itself may be a powdery substance that can look <br />either off-white or dark brown. <br /> <br />Black tar heroin is nearly black and is sticky instead of powdery. <br /> <br />You might find syringes or small pipes. A person dissolving the drug and injecting it might also <br />leave dirty spoons and lighters around. A person injecting also needs a device to cause the veins <br />to enlarge, so there may be rubber tubing or belts found in the area where he or she is using the <br />heroin. <br /> <br />Your child may have flushed skin, dry mouth, difficulty communicating or following a <br />conversation, nausea and/or vomiting, itchy skin, and slowed or shallow breathing. <br />If you suspect your child or someone in your home is using heroin, you need to get a Naloxone <br />rescue kit. Naloxone is a medication that reverses opioid overdoses.