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	OxyContin Addiction: Hillbilly Heroin
		The new heroin, the most popular of which was known as "fl tar," was strong enough to be snorted, providing a speedy, if sometimes fatal, wallop.
		The new heroin slashed through Generation X like a vast scythe, felling hundreds of young men and women in their teens and 20s and flooding emergency rooms with thousands more.
		Heroin addicts soon gravitated to OxyContin, said Clifford Bernstein, medical director of the Waismann Institute, a Beverly Hills, Calif., drug treatment center where OxyContin now accounts for most admissions.
	www.opiates.com /media/heroin-belleville.html (2068 words)

	Heroin
		Heroin or '''diacetylmorphine''' (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid.
		Heroin is also widely and illegally used as a powerful and addictive drug that produces intense euphoria, which often disappears with increasing tolerance.
		Orally the heroin is totally metabolized in vivo into morphine before crossing the blood-brain barrier, so the effects are the same as morphine when taken by mouth.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/heroin (4182 words)

	Heroin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid.
		Heroin is also widely and illegally used as a powerful and addictive drug that produces intense euphoria, which often disappears with increasing tolerance.
		Heroin trafficking was virtually eliminated in the U.S. during World War II due to temporary trade disruptions caused by the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heroin (4930 words)

	Heroin - Psychology Wiki - a Wikia wiki
		Heroin is controlled under Schedules I and IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs [1].
		Heroin can be taken or administered in a number of ways, including snorting it, and injecting it.
		Heroin use first appeared as a sub-cultural addiction problem in several countries in the early 20th century, but like the opium trade from which it developed, it was mainly restricted to small and fairly well-defined groups, such as Chinese migrants in western cities.
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/Heroin (3501 words)

	Heroin at AllExperts
		Heroin trafficking was virtually eliminated in the U.S. during World War II due to temporary trade disruptions caused by the war.
		While the mechanism has yet to be clearly elucidated, it has been shown that longtime heroin users, immediately before injecting in a common area for heroin use, show an acute increase in metabolism and a surge in the concentration of opiate-metabolizing enzymes.
		In the United States in early 2006, a rash of deaths have been attributed to either a combination of fentanyl and heroin, or pure fentanyl masquerading as heroin particularly in the Detroit Metro Area; one news report refers to the combination as 'laced heroin', though this is likely a generic rather than a specific term.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/he/heroin.htm (3594 words)

	Urban Dictionary: hillbilly heroin
		There is a doctor in the suburbs who'll write for hillbilly heroin if you got decent (medical) records.
		Term erroneously applied to oxycontin or other pain medications which are misused by certain individuals who use bad judgement thinking they will get 'high' from a medicine by misusing it against labeling instructions and better judgement instead causing death.
		Even when hillbilly heroin is taken as as directed on the label and not altered in any way, you can still have an adverse reaction to it and end up toes up in the morgue.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=hillbilly+heroin (342 words)

	Pulse Check: Trends in Drug Abuse, November 2001 - ONDCP (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While the media often refer to diverted OxyContin® as "hillbilly heroin," its use is not isolated to rural areas.
		High-purity, snortable South American (Colombian) white heroin is the most commonly cited type, followed by lower purity, injectable Mexican fl tar, which predominates in the West and in some parts of the South.
		Compared with heroin, crack, and powder cocaine users, who tend to reside predominantly in central city areas, marijuana users reside in all areas (central, suburban, and rural), reflecting the pervasiveness of marijuana use.
	www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov /publications/drugfact/pulsechk/fall2001/highlights.html (1505 words)

	Oxycodone Drug Addiction Information & Treatment
		The introduction in 1996 of OxyContin, commonly known on the street as OC, OX, Oxy, Oxycotton, Hillbilly heroin, and killer, led to a marked escalation of its abuse as reported by drug abuse treatment centers, law enforcement personnel, and health care professionals.
		It is equipotent to morphine in relieving abstinence symptoms from chronic opiate (heroin, morphine) administration.
		OxyContin and heroin have similar effects; therefore, both drugs are attractive to the same abuser population.
	www.stopaddiction.com /narconon_drugs_oxycodone.html (2336 words)

	Re: Hillbilly Heroin
		BTW methaone clinics arent only for street junkies, many of the clients at the clinic I go to are doctors and attorneys.
		All are not heroin addicts either, there are people on oxy, percocet, vicodin, morphine, etc, etc, etc, Good luck, I will be thinking of you!!!!
		Re: hillbilly heroin -- Friday, 6 July 2001, at 12:51 p.m.
	mb.rxlist.com /rxboard/vicodin_arc2.pl?read=21112 (329 words)

	Drug Quiz Whiz
		Almost all of the ketamine that is used illegally is from ketamine that has been stolen from veterinarian clinics.
		Heroin was first commercially produced by the Bayer company (same one famous for Bayer Aspirin) for treatment of analgesia, cough, and other ailments.
		A common form of heroin found in the U.S. is fl tar heroin.
	www.angelfire.com /blog/july9/drug_quiz_whiz.htm (573 words)

	Painkiller Linked To 250 Ont. Deaths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Coroners prepare warning Canada's chief coroners and medical examiners are preparing a national alert on the abuse of a popular painkiller they say is responsible for at least 250 overdose deaths in Ontario since 1998 and dozens elsewhere in Canada.
		McLellan suspects the main culprit in the overdose deaths is OxyContin, a long-acting derivative introduced in Canada in 1997 by the Stamford, Conn.-based Purdue Pharma Inc. Its main purpose was pain relief for cancer and palliative-care patients.
		On the street, where legally prescribed pills have become popular for drug traffickers, it is known as "hillbilly heroin" or "oxy." In 1999, said McLellan, the number of oxycodone-related deaths in Ontario numbered in the 20s.
	www.mapinc.org /newstcl/v04/n1104/a03.html (542 words)

	DAILY DOSE :: DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A lethal drug dubbed 'hillbilly heroin' that has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in America has surfaced in Britain, prompting fears among police, customs officers and drug workers that it could give rise to a whole new generation of addicts [Observer]
		A flood of cheap heroin is heading for the streets of Scotland because of a massive increase in opium production in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted.
		Heroin usage among the young people of Kent is increasing, threatening the sanctity of one of Britain's most definitively middle-class towns: "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" has been replaced by "Addicted of Tunbridge Wells" [Telegraph]
	www.dailydose.net /daily_archives2002/daily-mar24.htm (539 words)

	Hillbilly heroin: the painkiller abuse wrecking lives in West Virginia \| Special reports \| Guardian Unlimited
		Hillbilly heroin: the painkiller abuse wrecking lives in West Virginia
		Hillbilly heroin: the painkiller abuse wrecking lives in West Virginia
		In this part of West Virginia, and the neighbouring hill counties of Virginia and Kentucky, they call it "hillbilly heroin" or "poor man's heroin".
	www.guardian.co.uk /bush/story/0,7369,512026,00.html (1487 words)

	Beyond Reach on Hillbilly Heroin
		Part of her is trying to escape from him whilst the other part of her wants to be with him.
		She has a passion for romantic novels and says she feels like the heroin in everyone.
		This is her first romantic novel and she hopes it will touch the heart of someone who can relate to Samantha’s dilemma as she deals with Robert and the drugs which surround him.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~29732.aspx (714 words)

	OxyContin Addiction
		No longer, according to enforcement and treatment sources, as the chronic pain medication sometimes referred to as “hillbilly heroin” has made serious inroads into San Francisco.
		The prescription drug is now rivaling its more infamous cousin heroin in terms of prevalence on the streets of The City and the problem is only getting worse, according to police.
		The high has been described as similar to heroin, and abuse has spread from pockets in rural Maine since 2000, to areas around the country.
	www.stopoxycontinaddiction.com /user-news.htm?id=69 (706 words)

	Oxycontin Addiction - Oxycontin Detox - Oxycontin Recovery - Oxycontin Treatment
		Second, in contrast to drugs such as cocaine or heroin that can be laced with other substances, with OxyContin you know how much of the drug you are getting.
		A.) OxyContin withdrawal is similar heroin withdrawal in that it is almost impossible to go through alone.
		Withdrawal symptoms of OxyContin are worse than heroin and last longer.
	www.addictionca.com /FAQ-oxycontin.htm (2222 words)

	Pharmacy: oxycontin
		I am not here to judge you and do not think that you are an idiot...Anyway, Oxycontin is not heroin, per say.
		It has been called "hillbilly heroin", although why, I do not know.
		Both oxycodone, the ingredient in Oxycontin, and heroin are both derived by the poppy plant.
	en.allexperts.com /q/Pharmacy-1407/oxycontin.htm (591 words)

	OxyContin: Fast Facts
		And ironically, if that's where you were, that's one of the places you'd have been most likely to bump into the potent new painkiller.
		Its early user base in rural areas did earn it the made-for-media nickname of "hillbilly heroin," but OxyContin turned out to be anything but a regional problem or a media myth.
		Users in the real world quickly proved that it can cause the same type of abuse and addiction that it was designed to prevent.
	www.doitnow.org /pages/536.html (446 words)

	Opiate Detox Recovery
		My son says that he was well when he used heroin and that he got sicker when he was off of it.
		My husband Ed has had episodes of severe nausea, high fever, chills, sweats, so pale he looks like a ghost - almost coma like so when he was having one of these episodes all he could do was lie down and ride it out by going to sleep for several hours.
		These episodes started happening when he started chewing 120+ of oxycontin (this is a very strong opiate pill that has been called 'hillbilly heroin' or something like that - anyway very similiar to heroin.
	www.heroin-detox.com /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6012 (1078 words)

	Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Hillbilly Heroin Hoo-Hah
		In fact we know that 5% of all heroin addicts who get no treatment quit every year.
		From studies of the amygdala in mice we know that pain memories decay over time so the 5% result is not inconsistient with pain memory decay.
		Many heroin addicts take the drug to stop pain - the pain of withdrawing from a drug that they started taking becuase it was fun.
	www.reason.com /blog/show/102207.html (3358 words)

	Re: Hillbilly Heroin
		BTW methaone clinics arent only for street junkies, many of the clients at the clinic I go to are doctors and attorneys.
		All are not heroin addicts either, there are people on oxy, percocet, vicodin, morphine, etc, etc, etc, Good luck, I will be thinking of you!!!!
		Re: hillbilly heroin -- Friday, 6 July 2001, at 12:51 p.m.
	www.rxlist.com /rxboard/vicodin_arc2.pl?noframes;read=21112 (329 words)

	oxycontin addiction & oxycontin addiction treatment by stop oxycontin addiction.com
		Its diversion and abuse is currently a major problem, especially in the eastern United States.
		Because of its pharmaceutical effects, OxyContin is a suitable substitute for heroin and is, therefore, an attractive drug for the heroin abuser population.
		When health insurance will no longer pay for OxyContin, the lower priced street heroin may then be an attractive alternative with devastating effects.
	www.stopoxycontinaddiction.com (852 words)

	Rush Limbaugh and OxyContin aka 'Hillbily Heroin'
		If you believe a woman named Wilma Cline, the nationally syndicated radio personality Rush Limbaugh would drive three miles from his $23 million Palm Beach, Fla., estate to a Denny's parking lot so that she could hand over a cigar box concealing dozens of tiny prescription painkillers.
		The loquacious Limbaugh, his housekeeper says, was often high on "hillbilly heroin."
		Mexican "fl tar" heroin can be found on California city streets in $20 packets.
	www.opioids.com /oxycodone/rushlimbaugh.html (721 words)

	Rise of 'hillbilly heroin' creates alarm in East \| csmonitor.com
		It has swept through the vales of his native Appalachia like crack cocaine saturated inner cities in the 1980s.
		Folks call it "hillbilly heroin," and during the past few years, the abuse of this prescription pill designed to alleviate severe pain has become the single greatest drug threat in many rural areas from Florida to Maine.
		The more potent pills, which sell for some $6 each in pharmacies, can fetch $80 in illicit deals, partly because of their reliably high quality - unlike cocaine or heroin, which can vary.
	www.csmonitor.com /durable/2001/07/12/p1s3.htm (901 words)

	Just Say YES to Hillbilly Heroin -- Rush > Bumper Stickers > America's Best Political Shirts & Buttons \| CafePress
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		Just Say YES to Hillbilly Heroin -- Rush
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	www.cafepress.com /bettybowers.8862605 (119 words)

	The Blog \| Maia Szalavitz: Rush, Deafness, Hillbilly Heroin and Opioids \| The Huffington Post
		A number of posters responded to my post suggesting that Rush Limbaugh should make amends by attacking the war on pain doctors with claims that opioid drugs like Oxycontin were responsible for Limbaugh's hearing problem.
		Although there is one case report of reversible hearing loss associated with heroin intoxication, this is in a literature spanning dozens of years and thousands of opioid addicts.
		Methadone, which is an opioid used in the treatment of heroin addiction, has not been associated with hearing loss.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /maia-szalavitz/rush-deafness-hillbilly_b_20445.html (1807 words)

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	Drug Testing Quarterly - Winter 2003
		It is a commonly prescribed analgesic taken orally, frequently in combination with acetaminophen or aspirin.
		OxyContin, the time-release form of oxycodone, is supplied in 80 mg doses and is often called “hillbilly heroin”.
		Long time use leads to dependence and tolerance so that a dramatic increase in dose is necessary for the same analgesic effect.
	www.norchemlab.com /reference/dtq/0304dtq02.htm (305 words)

	Is Codeine the New Heroin of the 21st Century?
		Is Codeine the New Heroin of the 21st Century?
		While in America much has been made recently about OxyContin, sometimes described as "hillbilly heroin" or of Vicodin (Codeine based), which are prescription only narcotics.
		Its England who is being faced recently with an ever increasing number of persons addicted to Codeine based medications, which unlike America, are available over the counter.
	www.painlab.com /Is_Codeine_New_Heroin.htm (391 words)

	Medical Information : OxyContin
		Oxycontin soon got a reputation as “hillbilly heroin” because of its prevalence in junk-deprived hick areas like West Virginia.
		On the other hand, the concept of removing liver and kidney damaging filler for a medication needed in large doses by patients with painful conditions was very humanitarian.
		As a street drug it can be more reliable than heroin, and according to the manufacturer will take “years” to prevent it from being crushed up for snorting or shooting.
	helpingaddicts.net /oxycontin1.htm (1469 words)

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