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DRCNet Response: Those who wish a good background on the history of heroin, the heroin laws, and the dangers of heroin itself should read
From the Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs:
- Chapter 1 - Nineteenth Century America - "a dope fiends paradise"
- Chapter 2 - Opiates for pain relief, for tranquilization, and for pleasure
- Chapter 3 - What kinds of people used opiates?
- Chapter 4 - Effects of opium, morphine and heroin on addicts
- Chapter 5 - Some eminent narcotics addicts
- Chapter 6 - Opium smoking is outlawed
- Chapter 7 - The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906
- Chapter 8 - The Harrison Narcotic Act (1914)
- Chapter 9 - Tightening up the Harrison Act
- Chapter 10 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 1) Heroin is an addicting drug
- Chapter 11 - Why our narcotics laws have failed: 2) The economics of the black market
- Chapter 12 - The heroin "overdose" mystery and other occupational hazards of heroin addiction
- Chapter 13 - Supplying heroin legally to addicts
- Chapter 14 - Enter methadone maintenance
- Chapter 15 - How well does methadone maintenance work?
- Chapter 16 - Methadone side effects
- Chapter 17 - Why methadone maintenance works
- Chapter 18 - Methadone maintenance spreads
- Chapter 19 - The future of methadone maintenance
- Chapter 20 - Heroin on the youth drug scene - and in Vietnam
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Most people know that heroin is a dangerous drug not to be
messed with. The way that most users take heroin can cause serious damage. People share
needles, which can lead to AIDS, hepatitis, and painful sores (abscesses) in your skin,
lungs, and brain. Since there's no way to find out the purity of heroin that's sold on the
street, shooting up could kill you just like that. STREET NAMES FOR HEROIN: A Bag (single dose of heroin), Sugar Hill, Smack, Dope, Gumball, Tootsie Roll Black Tar and H. THE LOOK: Pure heroin is a white powder
that tastes really bad. Most heroin sold on the street can vary in color from white to
dark brown because of where it comes from. The heroin available on the street is much more
powerful than it was 20 years ago. |
The type of heroin known as Black Tar comes from Mexico, and
is popular in parts of the United States. Black Tar is either sticky or hard and looks
like roofing tar. It's usually dissolved and mixed with other liquids before being
injected into the user's vein. HEROIN IS PRODUCED: from morphine, which comes from a plant called the opium poppy. The drug is produced in makeshift laboratories and shipped all over the world. The United States supply of heroin mostly comes from South America, Southwest and Southeast Asia, and Mexico. HEROIN USE: Heroin is primarily injected into the veins (a shot) because that's the fastest way for the user to get the drug into his system. This is called a "fix." People snort or smoke heroin too. HEROIN IS ILLEGAL: in all states. If you're caught with any amount of heroin, you could spend time in jail. You might even have to pay a large sum of money if you are caught selling the drug. |
HEROIN, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS...
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[STUDENT NOTES] Here's what it could be like if a person is addicted to heroin: living in back alleys, taking drugs in roach-infested buildings, sharing dirty needles, getting sores on your arms and legs, becoming sick, stealing, selling drugs, always hungry for drugs, not sleeping too well, and all the while denying that there is a drug problem. Heroin affects the part of your brain that is responsible for making you feel pleasure. In other words, taking the drug makes you artificially happy. It's a joke. You think you've checked out of painful situations, only to be stalked by the feeling that the drug is needed all of the time to eliminate pain. This cycle turns into a nightmare. |
"Society says, 'take a pill and your
problems will go away, or drink a beer and you will be in.' This is how drug abuse starts.
People need to be responsible for their actions in order to stay drug-free." DEA Special Agent |
SELLIN' LIFE Sellin the drug, the coke, the dope, |
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