help..!! need some infor about heroin..?
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Heroin or diacetylmorphine (INN) is a semi-synthetic opioid. It is the 3,6-diacetyl derivative of morphine (hence diacetylmorphine) and is synthesised from it by acetylation. The white crystalline form is commonly the hydrochloride salt, diacetylmorphine hydrochloride. It is highly addictive, and chronic ingestion causes a relatively large tolerance to it when compared to other substances, although occasional use without symptoms of withdrawal has been noted (noted as the Flejzser effect)[1][2]. Internationally, Heroin is controlled under Schedules I and IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.[3] It is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell heroin in the United States but, under the name diamorphine, heroin is a legal prescription drug in the United Kingdom. Popular street names for heroin include dope, diesel, smack, scag, heron, black tar, and H.
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There is a happy mix for dying patients..Brompton cocktail.\n\nIt is a mix of morphine, cocaine and alcohol.  I have been around a few terminally ill patients.  I do not know the amounts I just know of it.  There is also morphine and the patch of phentalol (I think), spelled wrong.   Here it is:  transdermal phentanol patch.  But the first one is probably what you are looking for.  \n\nMy 99 year old grandma got the morphine (sublingual) and the patch.  I don't know if it helped her but it helped me to sleep.  SHe screamed all night from either pain or fear, I will never know.\n\nI do not think heroin is a good choice for anything.
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Crack, PCP (Angel Dust), and meth. They destroy your body and leave you addicted...Ecstasy can be risky because you never know exactly whats in it (Some people put horse tranquilzers in it). Heroin is a bit dangerous too, just because of the overdose risk and you get addicted to that pretty strongly as well. Thats all the really dangerous ones I can think of right now...So stay away from those, hope that helps you.\n\n\npeace
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Lisa, this is a truly selfless act of generosity, but you cannot help this individual. He has got to have professional help. If he id denying professional help then he is not truly ready to kick the habit. He needs other medications besides the ones you listed above. All of those are not gonna help him with the intense withdrawals he is going to experience. All those meds he is on are gonna do is keep him sedated and groggy. I have no addictions, but I was given everything you listed above for insomnia. Now, insomnia and heroin withdrawals are a whole heck of alot different. Has he ever tried to get on methadone therapy? I am frightened that you are in a situation that is gonna backfire on you. If his last "fix" was this morning he has not even started experiencing the absolute worst yet. You called him an aquaintance. Right? Well, you need to remove yourself from being SO involved in the scenario. Really, for your safety. I have never experienced knowing anyone with a  heroin addiction, but I have been close to friends and family who have had alcoholism, pill addiction......and I'd never put me, my family or my belongings at risk again, especially when there are free or low cost clinics available to these people. If this man decides to go get another fix he is going to, no matter what you say. If he doesn't have money he will steal whatever he can from you. It doesn't matter how serious he is about quitting. When the wothdrawals and pain start to set in he is going to want that feeling to end and the only way it is going to end is another fix. If you truly want to help then talk him into going for professional help. Get yourself out of the situation. It is seriously so nice and thoughtful of you to want to help this man, but this addiction is bigger than anything you, me or most people could even fathom. This is going to totally disrupt your entire life if you do not get him out of your house. Love yourself. Don't put yourself in the position to get hurt and that is exactly what you are doing if you allow this "aquaintance" to stay with you. Remember this, too: an addict will lie to anyone and tell you exactly what you want to hear and turn right around and rob and steal you blind. The drugs have ripped away any conscience that these users once had. God bless you for trying, but this is way bigger than you are.
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This (below) looks like an excellent study to try to gain access to and read.  I've seen a variety of statistics, with 10% seeming to be the most reasonable percentage of people who are successful with methadone treatment.  There are some who become addicted to methadone, however, so the clear-cut statistics you're looking for seem to be almost impossible to find.
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the first thing you need to do is pray, and ask God to guide you and give you direction on a sound thing to do. your second good thing was asking for help from your yahoo family. Talk to your mate and remind him in order to stay clean you must stay away from people, places, and things that relate to your old drug habits. Next you should try and remind him that these were the same friend that were with him in his addiction and three years later they are still there. Have him to revisit his past mentally, than look at his present too see how far God has brought him. Lastly, stay supportive he may be at a vulnerable point in his life, try to help keep him focused and away from the bad influences. Sometimes we do not see out of the corners of our eyes that something may be approaching, that is why you walk by his side. keep your head up and your eyes open.
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I'm so sorry you're going through this.  For 17 you sure are mature!  Hun, go to www.na.org  That's the national site for narcotics anonymous.  They have links there and help for family members of addicts.  Don't hesitate to contact them, you'll find the help you need!  If you situation is dangerous then you'll have no option but to call the police or talk to your school principle and get help immediately.  Big hug and much luck!
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Narcotic tolerance varies greatly from person to person, and it also depends on whether the person was a chronic user of opiates or not. \n\n1 or 2 wouldn't do it, you'd probably need at least 10 for a narcotic naive person. You probably couldn't orally overdose a heroin addict, because fentanyl has such a short half life.
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http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/30003121 details of the drug as it is just a combination of two different drugs one of which is a opiate Codine or; 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-\n3-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-ol.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codine.\n\nThe other is a very old drug Willow tree bark tea was used to cure ailments hundreds of years ago synthesised as N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol\n\nMass spectroscopy might not solve the problem as you would spend a long time working out what organic molecules were present finding that you had an original base molecule of benzene.  I guess you'd look for the dinitrile group on the codene among other things.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_spectroscopy
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Heroin is a derivative of Opiium and it's value as a medical application is usually used in the form of Morphine and which is used for extreme pain control such as in sugery.\nHeroin is a mixture of all of the chemicals that are used in order to convert it from Opium to Morphine and these chemicals are deadly.\nHeroin should not be legalized for addiction/addictive/street sale use at all, in my opinion.\nI have seen the wretches that used to be human beings who roam onto anyones property in search of something to steal in order to buy 'a fix.'\nThe women especially are an awful sight to experience since the levels of degradation that they accept for the 'fix' is extremely dehumanizing.  Jose
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Here is a white paper concerning a workshop about needle exchange programmes:\n\nhttp://newton.nap.edu/books/0309050847/html
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If your trying to get off opiates like heroin or pain pills methodone is reccomended. I was on it for 6 months and kicked a 5 year habit, the only problem i ran into was that the clinic i went to which you have to go to every morning and earn "take home" privleges didn't seem to want to let me get off. Everytime I asked to drop my dose they told me it was bad and if I dropped more than 2mg a week they would take my take home privleges away I had earned weekends and Wed. My councelor was real with me and explained like I will explain to you, methodone is no fuckin' joke. Its real deal. You have to be serious and I know that sometimes you feel like your on a one way street. Hey you may relapse 20 times but when the time is right you will know and get clean. I detoxed off the methodone on father's day weekend without the help of the clinic, but the much needed support of my husband. I felt kind of crappy for about 2 days like there were bugs under my skin and now I have no tolerance to pain but being able to mark off a day clean everyday for about a year is the best high i've had. Keep Your Head Up, Your in my prayers.  check your local clinic in yellow pages under:substance abuse/recovery
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its weird how people who don't have the faintest idea on what is currently going on in the world are the first to have some political or personal comment on the last headline. right now on yahoo there is a headline on "tainted heroin". who gives a shit if some junky gets a bad dose? there are more problems in africa that we could ever know, go to cnn.com and type in africa and read some of those stories. terrorism is everywhere, but we are only interested with what directly effects us. we as americans are so ignorant to the rest of the worlds SERIOUS problems but somehow we need to warn heroin users about whats going on in the street, are you kidding me? the reason people are enraged about what happened to those guys is the fact that they could be related to any single one of us, a neighbor, somebodys student, their son. i am angry because i am a 23 year old member of the u.s. armed forces and it could have been me. and you people who think about the innocent civilians have a point to a certain extent. but roadside bombs dont make themselves and the sooner you realize that we are fighting iraq as a whole you will be better off. and whatever you do, dont say retailiate against someone who is spreading factual info. those rebels are animals. from the political view this is a war for oil, but the kid on the other side praying he will make it home could care less about gas prices right now.
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http://www.drugtext.org/sub/opiat1.html\nhttp://www.opioids.com/
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http://www.drugid.info/\ntry this site it is pretty informative
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Its a cheap form of amphetimine (an ingredient in soe cold medicines). It keeps you up, speeds up your heart rate and so on and is generally used to provide energy of to keep you awake (so that you can stay up to enjoy the night). Its basically impossible to overdose and isnt anywhere near as dangerous as something like cocaine (or even cigarettes). The issue with use is that impurities can be mixed in and these can be really bad. The trick if youre going to try it is to make sure you know the person youre getting it from
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A good friend of mine was an active heroin addict for many years, and had a few felonies and did some jail time as well-she went to 40 detoxes/drug treatment programs before finally getting clean.She got her record sealed, then went to nursing school, got her R.N. and now she is coming up on 20 years of recovery.She has been a Director of Nurses (in extended care)for the last 5 years,and is great to her employees as well as her residentsShe also was a single mom with twins who are now adults.She is a huge power of example to me!She is still active in a 12 step program and helps out alot of other women. She remembers where she came from and is very down to earth,too.