Heroin
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Dope; Junk; Smack; H
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Euphoric Depressant; Analgesic
CHEMICAL NAME
diacetylmorphine
DESCRIPTION
Heroin is a powerful opioid pain-killer that produces euphoria and blissful apathy. It is known for leading to addiction and difficult physical withdrawal symptoms.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
HISTORY #
SYRINGES & NEEDLES #
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
MEDIA COVERAGE #
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
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
EXPERIENCES #
A Light at the End of the Tunnel, by Crazydevs
No Time but Now, by Pharm
My Night with the Morphine Orphan, by Observer
Chasing the Dragon, by Robby
Anxious to Get to Our Favorite Place to Shoot, by Carls McDonalds Jr.
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
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Heroin - Wikipedia.org
Heroin - TripSit.me
Heroin - Dancesafe
Opiates - Paranoia
Heroin - Lycaeum
HEALTH #
Harm Reduction - DPA
Better Vein Care - Chicago Recovery Alliance
Cotton Fever - Heroin Helper
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
Health Canada overturns ban on medical heroin - Globe & Mail, Sep 8 2016
Medical Heroin Works to Beat Opioid Addiction - MedPageToday.com, Aug 2009
How Bad is Heroin Withdrawal? - by Jara A. Krivanek, 1988
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES #
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Awash in overdoses, Seattle creates safe sites [...] - Washington Post, Jan 27 2017
Heroin surpasses painkillers as the leading cause of overdose deaths - Modern Healthcare, Dec 29 2016
Russian Harm Reduction Workers Under Attack - DrugReporter, Jul 6 2016
Here's why there are no 'good' or 'bad' drugs -- not even heroin - The Guardian, July 14 2016
Five Myths About Heroin - Washington Post, Mar 2016
Smack Madness - Krajicek D, April 2014
Heroin vaccine won't 'cure' what ails addicts - LATimes, Apr 15 2012
The Associated Press on the arrival of "deadly, ultra-pure heroin." - Slate.com, May 25 2010
NYC's Heroin How-To Handbook Not A Hit - NBC New York, Jan 4 2010
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
The Opium Kings - Frontline, 1998
Drugs are Bad : The Drug War is Worse - NY Magazine, Feb 5 1996
AFGHANISTAN #
Afghan heroin's surge poses danger in U.S., Dec 26, 2006, LATimes
Deadly heroin overdoses could soar with surge in Afghan opium production, Oct 5 2006, United Nations
ADDICTION TREATMENT USE #
Prescribe heroin on the NHS, says nurse leader - Guardian [UK], Apr 26 2010
Heroin supply clinic 'cuts crime' - BBC, Sep 15 2009
Vancouver study claims benefits to prescribing heroin to addicts - Christian Science Monitor, Oct 30 2008
Switzerland's Liberal Drug Policy Seems To Work, Study Says, MNT, June 2006
USENET USEGROUPS #