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	Addiction Treatment Centers and Drug Rehab Rehabilitation
		Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants.
		With heroin, the rush is usually accompanied by a warm flushing of the skin, dry mouth, and a heavy feeling in the extremities, which may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and severe itching.
		Heroin overdose is a particular risk on the street, where the amount and purity of the drug cannot be accurately known.
	www.narcononstonehawk.com /heroin-faq.php (2277 words)

	List of notable heroin addicts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Heroin Times HeroinTimes covers the heroin lifestyle from heroin detox to the world wide treatment referral network and recovery.
		Comprehensive Listing of Notable Libertarians A partial list of notable individuals who subscribe to the the libertarian philosophy of small government, individual liberty and personal responsibility.
		Britain may be swamped with cheap heroin "The world faces a new flood of Afghan heroin at throwaway prices as local drug dealers and the Taliban rapidly dispose of their stocks because of the threat of war and the need to raise money.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-List_of_notable_heroin_addicts.html (347 words)

	Supplying heroin legally to addicts
		Addicts naturally tended to gravitate to these generous physicians, and a patient receiving more than he really needed might be tempted to share his excess with a friend, or even to sell a part of it.
		He at first sent youthful addicts to a state hospital to be "cured," but when he saw them promptly relapse, be concluded that cure was impossible and added these young addicts to his list for opiate prescriptions.
		But surely the substantial proportion of addicts maintained on legal opiates by their physicians was one of the factors which made heroin peddling unprofitable and contributed to the gradual disappearance of the fl market.
	www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/Library/studies/cu/CU13.html (7654 words)

	Drug addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The amygdala, hippocampus, and frontal cortex associate the use of the drug with intense pleasure and well-being; an association that is strengthened with each exposure, and which over time comes to dominate normal thoughts and desires.
		In addition Dr. Lonnie Shavelson has found that 70% of female heroin addicts were sexually abused as children.
		A number of writers including Keith Henson [1] have suggested that the capacity to be addicted to drugs is a side effect of social attention rewards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Drug_addiction (2507 words)

	hern corrected for heroin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Heroin is the 3,6-diacetyl derivative of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine) and is synthesised from it by acetylation.
		Heroin is a controlled substance, but traffic is heavy worldwide, with the biggest producer being Afghanistan, which after a ban on poppy growing by the Taliban in 2001 dropped its production by 95% but revived it to record numbers following the US military occupation and fall of the Taliban government.
		A heroin overdose is usually treated with an opioid antagonist, such as naloxone (Narcan) or naltrexone, which have a high affinity for endorphin receptors, and cause an immedeate return to consciousness and start of withdrawal symptoms when administered intraveneously.
	www.mistyped.info /hern.htm (1738 words)

	Beslan terrorists were addicted to heroin, morphine and other softer drugs
		He said they were addicted to heroin, morphine and some softer drugs.
		Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy.
		Heroin can be sniffed from powder, inhaled from fumes of the heated powder, swallowed or injected when dissolved with water.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=15113 (261 words)

	Neuroscience for Kids - Heroin
		Heroin is smoked or inhaled as a powder or it can be mixed with water, heated, then injected.
		Heroin crosses through the blood brain barrier 100 times faster than morphine because it is highly soluble in lipids.
		Methadone is a drug that blocks the effects of heroin and has been used for several decades to treat heroin addiction.
	faculty.washington.edu /chudler/hero.html (1124 words)

	Definition of Talk:Heroin
		Heroin is very similar to endorphins, the natural opiates of the body, but less potent.
		While heroin is a dangerous drug, since it is a central nervous system depressant, it is the lack of available quality information, lack of quality control and infected syringes, which can transmit diseases such as AIDS, and hepatitis that cause the most trouble for heroin users.
		The money which can be made in supplying heroin addicts encourages a continuous supply, and the need to finance purchases generates considerable property crime.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Talk:Heroin (1105 words)

	Lone Star Times » Vancouver to distribute free heroin to addicts
		If someone was using heroin daily for whatever reason, they would be able to function, much better than a alcoholic can because there is no high after a while.
		A heroin addict is going to go through a range of psychological and physiological effects if he or she doesn’t get another hit.
		They give them this highly addictive synthetic drug that does the same thing as heroin does (even though they state it doesnt, but I have proof that it in fact does)in little bottles that addicts take home in a lock box that they have access to all of it.
	lonestartimes.com /index.php?p=371 (1665 words)

	BBC News \| WALES \| Heroin addicts 'failed' by detox
		Drug addicts' families have warned their children could die while waiting for live-saving detox treatment due to a lack of public cash.
		A local heroin addict's grandmother contacted the AM after they were told he would wait a year and a half for vital detox treatment.
		Other heroin addicts spoke of their anxiety of the 18-month waiting list.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/wales/1861524.stm (771 words)

	ABC News: Heroin Addicts Seek Hard-To-Get Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Addicts, meanwhile, say "bupe" gives them a feeling of clearheadedness they don't get with methadone.
		They can be treated in the privacy of their doctor's office, enabling them to avoid the stigma associated with public methadone clinics.
		For example, Krystal's doctor, J. Charles Lentini, says he has a waiting list of 185 addicts many of whom are continuing to abuse drugs while they wait.
	abcnews.go.com /Health/wireStory?id=685993 (359 words)

	[Ngo-list] More centres needed for addicts in Peshawar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		More centres needed for addicts in Peshawar Dawn, Bureau Report 7/23/2003 http://www.dawn.com/2003/07/23/local24.htm PESHAWAR : A centre established for the treatment of drug addicts at the cost of a shelter house for destitute women on Charsadda Road has fallen short of serving its purpose as the number of addicts runs into hundreds in the city.
		The centre can only accommodate 20 drug addicts, who are shifted after detoxification to Swat, Dera Ismail Khan and Kohat as it lacks facility for their rehabilitation, said a worker at the centre.
		According to a national survey in collaboration with the UNDCP last year, 500,000 heroin addicts were reported to exist in Pakistan.
	lists.isb.sdnpk.org /pipermail/ngo-list/2003-July/003314.html (475 words)

	CBS 3 - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Heroin Addicts Clamor For Scarce Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		She entered detox two or three times while she waited, and returned to heroin each time she was discharged.
		The Office of National Drug Control Policy estimates there are 800,000 heroin addicts in the United States, and about 20 percent of them receive methadone.
		Many doctors shy away from treating heroin addicts because they believe those patients will be disruptive, Kleber and others said.
	kyw.com /health/health_story_118142756.html (755 words)

	ABC News: Heroin Addicts Clamor for Scarce Medicine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But at 18, she says she is drug-free, holds down a job, attends beauty school and cares for her toddler son.
		Addicts say "bupe" gives them a feeling of clearheadedness they do not get with methadone.
		Krystal's doctor, J. Charles Lentini, said he has a waiting list of 185 addicts many of whom are continuing to abuse drugs while they wait.
	abcnews.go.com /Health/wireStory?id=711950&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (343 words)

	The Unhooked Science Reading List
		Heroin addiction is a disease and should be treated as such, a panel of U.S. experts said on Wednesday.
		This is partly because of stigma and poor attitudes about addicted patients on the part of physicians--but also because of a lack of knowledge about where to refer for treatment and a general skepticism regarding the effectiveness of any treatment.
		Naltrexone has passed human trials and won FDA approval as a treatment for heroin addiction; early studies of its effectiveness in reducing craving for alcohol and preventing relapse are said to be favorable.
	207.228.230.17 /sep/index.htm (4586 words)

	Resources Center - Video List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Excerpts from a 3-part HBO series: Flashback, focuses on a teenager who is rebuilding her life after a drug addiction; Addicted; explores the lives of people who are coping with the serious affects of drug abuse; 27th and Prospect; follows one community as it fights back against substance and its associated violence.
		Alerts viewers to the dangers of crack, the "freebase" form of cocaine that is devastating the teenage population.
		Interviews six former teenage addicts who are now in treatment to give viewers a first hand look at what crack addiction means.
	www.ncadd-middlesex.com /vidlist.htm (5613 words)

	Heroin addicts grow anxious for medicine - 05/01/05
		But, at 18, she says she is drug-free, holds down a job, attends school and cares for her toddler son.
		Krystal's doctor, J. Charles Lentini, said he has a waiting list of 185 addicts -- many of whom are continuing to abuse drugs while they wait.
		"It clearly was not our intention" that addicts have less access to buprenorphine because they go to a group practice, said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., co-author of the 2000 law that paved the way for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine but also established the 30-patient limit.
	www.detnews.com /2005/health/0505/02/A10-167230.htm (590 words)

	List of celebrities with illicit drug history biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		List of celebrities with illicit drug history biography.ms
		Because this could be a very controversial issue, do not add names of people who are only suspected of using drugs, unless the suspect is dead.
		Sigmund Freud (But hardly "illicit", as he tried cocaine when it was legal and (at least initially) as a scientist interested in its physiological effects.)
	www.biography.ms /List_of_celebrities_with_illicit_drug_history.html (315 words)

	RedOrbit NEWS \| Heroin Addicts Seek "Amazing" Preventative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		"Amazing,""incredible" and "lifesaving" are a few of the words addicts use to describe buprenorphine, a pill that blocks heroin cravings.
		"It clearly was not our intention" that addicts have less access to buprenorphine because they go to a group practice, said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., co-author of the 2000 law that paved the way for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine but also established the 30- patient limit.
		Krystal said she spent eight agonizing months on Lentini's waiting list before finally getting her buprenorphine prescription last month.
	www.rednova.com /modules/news/tools.php?tool=print&id=147218 (786 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of heroin addicts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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		The following is a list of notable personalities who have been or are believed to have been addicted to heroin (or other opiates) at some point during their lives.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-heroin-addicts (126 words)

	Amazon.com: Heroin: Books: Humberto Fernandez (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As a heroin addict I loved this book, I read it over and over the stories were very real and the information very correct, I highly recommend this book to anyone...
		This is a beautifully written, deep and wide-ranging examination of the origin, use, effect and politics of heroin.
		All in all, "Heroin" is a comprehensive and educational look at a subject that we all might be a little scared to face head on.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568381530?v=glance (940 words)

	CBC Manitoba - Foundation expands services for heroin addicts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Methadone helps addicts wean themselves off drugs by blocking receptors in the brain that allow people to get high.
		Now, the waiting list is gone, and there are more opportunities for counselling both at the clinic and in the community.
		It's estimated about 1,200 Manitobans are addicted to heroin or other opiates.
	winnipeg.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_methadone20031114 (378 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		But it was only in late 1986 that the CDC expanded on its original “4H-list” of high-risk categories: homosexuals, hemophiliacs, heroin addicts, and Haitians and the sexual partners of people in these groups (Treichler, 1999: 19-20).
		In the absence of evidence that prostitutes were transmitting the virus to their male clients, “hookers” were summarily bounced off the risk-group list...
		It was not until 1992 that a list of gynaecological conditions was added to the suspected clinical profile of HIV infection and AIDS.
	www.epinions.com /content_72006143620 (3361 words)

	Heroin Addicts Clamor for Scarce Medicine - WTOP Radio
		WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - Krystal began using heroin when she was 14, and soon hit bottom.
		But federal law says individual doctors and medical practices can prescribe buprenorphine to no more than 30 patients at a time _ a provision aimed at preventing "prescription mills," where drugs are doled out indiscriminately by doctors trying to make a fast buck.
		Krystal's doctor, J. Charles Lentini, said he has a waiting list of 185 addicts _ many of whom are continuing to abuse drugs while they wait.
	www.wtop.com /index.php?nid=106&sid=507720 (753 words)

	Encyclopedia: Drug addiction
		Jump to: navigation, search Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is an alkaloid opioid.
		Jump to: navigation, search The War on Drugs is an initiative undertaken in the United States to carry out an all-out offensive (as President Nixon described it) against the non-medical use of certain prohibited drugs.
		These lollipops, above, were found to contain heroin when inspected by the US Drug Enforcement Administration In jurisdictions where legislation restricts or prohibits the sale of certain popular drugs, it is common for an illegal drugs trade to develop.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Drug-addiction (5228 words)

	Medicaid joins list of OxyContin addicts in Maine
		That list was instituted last year by the state in an effort to save on the millions it spends annually on drugs.
		Drugs similar to OxyContin on the preferred list include Methadone, most commonly known as a prescribed substitute for heroin addicts, but also a painkiller.
		The state requires a long list of documentation to show that other drugs have been used first, and can ultimately refuse to give it to a patient," she said.
	www.drugrehabresources.com /content.php?cid=1362&state=Maine (4425 words)

	Talk:Ulysses S. Grant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I'd like to see a better attribution before asserting it was his coinage.
		This article makes no mention of a heroin addiction although hi name is on the list of heroin addicts
		I said that when we have only a few sentences to spend on a topic, we pick the important ones, and IMHO, your proposed changes don't fit in that list.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Ulysses_S._Grant (3225 words)

	Buprenorphine offers hope and help to heroin addicts
		"Bupe," as it is known, is a synthetic opiate that interacts with the same neuroreceptors as drugs such as heroin, Vicodin, Percocet, and OxyContin, but which has no intoxicating properties or side effects.
		Buprenorphine has been prescribed as a replacement for methadone, in an attempt to reach heroin addicts who are unwilling to go on a methadone regime.
		Unfortunately, physicians have been reluctant to prescribe Bupe, fearing associating their practice with the treatment of heroin addicts, and regulators have made it difficult for Bupe to be administered by drug treatment facilities.
	www.newstarget.com /007162.html (1192 words)

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