Heroin: And Other Poems

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In the United States, heroin is not accepted as medically useful. [3] Advertising sign from Bayer for use in US drug stores, dating from before the federal prohibition of heroin in 1924 This is a poem I wrote on February 1st, 2009 about withdrawing from Prescription medication and Heroin after using for weeks on end. Everything in this Poem is true, I feel I may have even left the worst parts out. If this poem can maybe keep one person from trying heroin for the first I've been cutting since I was in 3rd grade, and it's a very bad addiction for me. I still do it to this day. I stopped for about 6 months, but then I had a relapse; I deal with depression,... I like this a lot because it tells you what this drug can do and then its tries to convince you to not do the drug. And that's all you really need in this kind of poem one where it explains...

A subclass of morphine derivatives, namely the 3,6 esters of morphine, with similar effects and uses, includes the clinically used strong analgesics nicomorphine (Vilan), and dipropanoylmorphine; there is also the latter's dihydromorphine analogue, diacetyldihydromorphine (Paralaudin). Two other 3,6 diesters of morphine invented in 1874–75 along with diamorphine, dibenzoylmorphine and acetylpropionylmorphine, were made as substitutes after it was outlawed in 1925 and, therefore, sold as the first " designer drugs" until they were outlawed by the League of Nations in 1930. I can relate to this story. I went down this road for 15 years. Battling addiction is the hardest thing I have ever done. I have been clean for 5 years, and i have had to watch my son go down... In Scotland, heroin is often injected but it can also be heated on foil and smoked. Risks of mixing drugs Bayer lost some of its trademark rights to heroin (as well as aspirin) under the 1919 Treaty of Versailles following the German defeat in World War I. [94] [95] If you use heroin a lot, your body builds up a tolerance to it. But that doesn’t mean it won’t harm you. It means you need to take more and more to get the same high. Your body comes to depend on it. Then, when you quit using it, you have withdrawal symptoms that may include:Methadone, an opioid receptor full agonist, attaches to and activates opioid receptors to ease withdrawal symptoms and cravings. United Nations (2006), Multilingual Dictionary of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances under International Control, United Nations, New York. a b Sweetman SC, ed. (2009). Martindale: the complete drug reference (36thed.). London: Pharmaceutical Press. p.42. ISBN 978-0-85369-840-1.

Unlike hydromorphone and oxymorphone, however, administered intravenously, heroin creates a larger histamine release, similar to morphine, resulting in the feeling of a greater subjective "body high" to some, but also instances of pruritus (itching) when they first start using. [78] [79] Tasting the soft ashes in an ashtray was my first known addiction. Innocently I remember if I could just make it to where it always was to be found I knew that taste would be waiting.... support for family and carers – your key worker can organise support for people close to you who are affected by your addiction (see advice for families of drug users) A number of European countries prescribe heroin for treatment of heroin addiction. [30] The initial Swiss HAT ( heroin-assisted treatment) trial ("PROVE" study) was conducted as a prospective cohort study with some 1,000 participants in 18 treatment centers between 1994 and 1996, at the end of 2004, 1,200 patients were enrolled in HAT in 23 treatment centers across Switzerland. [31] [32] Diamorphine may be used as a maintenance drug to assist the treatment of opiate addiction, normally in long-term chronic intravenous (IV) heroin users. It is only prescribed following exhaustive efforts at treatment via other means. It is sometimes thought that heroin users can walk into a clinic and walk out with a prescription, but the process takes many weeks before a prescription for diamorphine is issued. Though this is somewhat controversial among proponents of a zero-tolerance drug policy, it has proven superior to methadone in improving the social and health situations of addicts. [33]Heroin prescription 'cuts costs' ". BBC News. 5 June 2005. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006 . Retrieved 22 October 2006. The head of Bayer's research department reputedly coined the drug's new name of "heroin", based on the German heroisch which means "heroic, strong" (from the ancient Greek word "heros, ήρως"). Bayer scientists were not the first to make heroin, but their scientists discovered ways to make it, and Bayer led the commercialization of heroin. [90] Partnership for a Drug-Free America: "Heroin" and "Heroin Overdose Antidote Naloxone Becoming More Widely Available." Eason K, Naughton P (13 March 2012). "First murder charge over heroin mix that killed 400". Times Online. London . Retrieved 20 July 2012. If you overdose you may begin to feel very sleepy. Your breathing will slow and you can fall into a coma. If your breathing slows too much you could die.

Dahlin U (February 2009). "Heroin-behandling bliver kun i kanyler"[Heroin treatment stays only in needles] (in Danish). Information. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009 . Retrieved 14 February 2010. Misused prescription medicine, such as opioids, can lead to heroin use and dependence. [122] The number of death from illegal opioid overdose follows the increasing number of death caused by prescription opioid overdoses. [123] Prescription opioids are relatively easy to obtain. [124] This may ultimately lead to heroin injection because heroin is cheaper than prescribed pills. [122] Economics Production Injection, also known as "slamming", "banging", "shooting up", "digging" or "mainlining", is a popular method which carries relatively greater risks than other methods of administration. Heroin base (commonly found in Europe), when prepared for injection, will only dissolve in water when mixed with an acid (most commonly citric acid powder or lemon juice) and heated. Heroin in the east-coast United States is most commonly found in the hydrochloride salt form, requiring just water (and no heat) to dissolve. [ citation needed] Users tend to initially inject in the easily accessible arm veins, but as these veins collapse over time, users resort to more dangerous areas of the body, such as the femoral vein in the groin. Some medical professionals have expressed concern over this route of administration, as they suspect that it can lead to deep vein thrombosis. [54] Naloxone is a life-saving medicine that temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Naloxone should be given to anyone who is non-responsive and displaying the signs of an overdose. In Switzerland, heroin is produced in injectable or tablet form under the name Diaphin by a private company under contract to the Swiss government. [112] Swiss-produced heroin has been imported into Canada with government approval. [113] AustraliaUsers heat the heroin on a surface like tin foil and then inhale the smoke – this is sometimes called ‘chasing the dragon’. By injecting it