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"Heroin Dependence"
Clinical Trials — Naltrexone and Adrenergic Agents to Reduce Heroin Use in Heroin Addicts Memantine as a Supplement to Naltrexone in Treating Heroin Dependence Behavioral: Directly administered antiretroviral therapy (DAART); Behavioral: Self-administered therapy ...More…
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Tips for Teens: The Truth About Heroin
SAMHSA's NCADI heroin drug information. Heroin effects, heroin addiction, drug addiction. Heroin enters the brain quickly. It slows down the way you think, slows down reaction time, and slows down memory. This affects the way you act and make ...More…
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What You Need to Know About Drugs: Heroin
Kids Health — Heroin is a very addictive and dangerous drug. Learn more in this article for kids. Heroin belongs to a group of pain-relieving drugs called narcotics. Although certain narcotics such as codeine and morphine are legal if prescribed (given) by ...More…
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Nonmedical Oxycodone Users: A Comparison with Heroin Users
Substance Abuse Applied Studies — The prevalence of lifetime nonmedical use of oxycodone increased significantly from an estimated 11.8 million users in 2002 to 13.7 million users in 2003 A greater proportion of lifetime heroin-only users reported a past year family income of ...More…
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Heroin - National Drug Threat Assessment 2005
US Dept of Justice — To Contents To Previous Page To Next Page To Publications Page To Home Page The availability of Southwest Asian heroin appears to have increased slightly in 2003 attributable partly to participation by certain groups--for example, Nigerian and ...More…
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Drug Type: Heroin
White House Drug Policy — Heroin; mix of ground-up cold medicine and a small amount of heroin, also black tar heroin combined with diphenhydramine Occasional user; occasional heroin user; occasional Hispanic user Private places heroin users can purchase & use heroin for a feeMore…
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Common street terms for heroin include:
White House Drug Policy — Heroin is a highly addictive drug and is the most widely abused and most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. More The ...More…
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Heroin - InfoFacts - NIDA
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Heroin can be injected, snorted/sniffed, or smokedroutes of administration that rapidly deliver the drug to the brain. Injecting is the use of a needle to release the drug directly into the bloodstream. Snorting is the process of inhaling heroin ...More…
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Heroin Abuse and Addiction
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Heroin is a highly addictive drug, and its abuse has repercussions that extend far beyond the individual user. The medical and social consequences of drug abuse - HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, fetal effects, crime, violence, and disruptions in family, ...More…
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Sex and Race/Ethnicity
Substance Abuse Applied Studies — Among primary heroin admissions, 95 percent either injected (62 percent) or inhaled (33 percent) the drug Primary heroin inhalation admissions were more likely to be Black (45 percent), while primary heroin injection admissions were more likely ...More…
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National Institute of Drug Abuse — La heroína es una droga con gran potencial adictivo cuyo abuso tiene repercusiones que van mucho más allá del usuario individual. Las consecuencias médicas y sociales del abuso de drogas el VIH/SIDA, la tuberculosis, los efectos sobre el feto, ...More…
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La Heroína - InfoFacts - NIDA
National Institute of Drug Abuse — La heroína se puede inyectar, inhalar o fumar, siendo todas éstas vías de administración que realizan una entrega rápida de la droga al cerebro. Inyectar es usar una aguja para liberar la droga directamente en el torrente sanguíneo. Inhalar o ...More…