Heroin
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Dope; Junk; Smack; H
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Euphoric Depressant; Analgesic
CHEMICAL NAME
diacetylmorphine
DESCRIPTION
Heroin is a powerful opiate pain-killer that produces euphoria and blissful apathy. It is known for leading to addiction and difficult physical withdrawal symptoms.
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Getting Under the Skin of Junkies - New Scientist, March 7, 1998
Teenage Heroin Use? Real Drug Crisis Is Those Over 30 - LA Times, Feb 23, 1997
Doctor offers addicts a 'rapid' way off heroin - CNN Online
Why Cold Turkey is Molecular Murder - New Scientist, Nov 2, 1996
New York Through the Eye of a Needle - The Face, Oct 1992
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BOOKS #
The Heroin User's Handbook, by Francis Moraes
Heroin: Its History and Lore, by Julian Durlacher
The Little Book of Heroin, by Francis Moraes
Diary of a Drug Fiend, by Aleister Crowley
The Politics of Heroin, by Alfred W. McCoy
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
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HEALTH #
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
How Bad is Heroin Withdrawal?, by Jara A. Krivanek
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Feds testing heroin nationwide for overdose link, Apr 27 2006, Chicago Sun-Times
City investigating tainted heroin - Newsday, Feb 11 2005
Increased Supply of Afghan Heroin Promises Overdoses and Death - UNIS, Dec 16 2004
U.K. Drug clinic 'cast aside duty of care' - Guardian UK, Oct 2004
San Francisco Health Gives Out Naloxone to Addicts with Training - LA Times, Nov 26 2003
The Opium Kings - Frontline, 1998
Drugs are Bad : The Drug War is Worse - NY Magazine, Feb 5 1996
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