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.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
HISTORY #
FIELD TESTING KITS #
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 #
My Boy Toy, by Holly
A Pleasant Relief, by Kaltoon
A Dance With the Devil, by JustAnotherAddict
Chasing the Dragon, by Robby
Free, Warm, Content, and Relaxed, by Lane
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
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
HEALTH #
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
How Bad is Heroin Withdrawal?, by Jara A. Krivanek
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES #
MEDIA COVERAGE #
The firestorm over giving diehards a free heroin fix - Globe and Mail, Nov 4 2008
Feds testing heroin nationwide for overdose link - Chicago Sun-Times, Apr 27 2006,
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
AFGHANISTAN #
Afghan heroin in L.A. and the heroin price collapse, Dec 26 2006, Mark Kleiman
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 #
Vancouver study claims benefits to prescribing heroin to addicts - Christian Science Monitor, Oct 30 2008
USENET USEGROUPS #