Heroin Addiction Strikes High and Low, and the Socially Disadvantaged 'Junkies …
Heroin addiction strikes high and low, and the socially disadvantaged 'junkies …
Not every user wants the buzz of cocaine or the disinhibiting intoxification of alcohol. Heroin is synthesised from naturally occurring morphine. One source is poppies grown in Afghanistan. When it enters the … This goes hand in hand with dependence …
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Heroin user Philip Hoffman an 'unusual case', say drug experts
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre professor Shane Darke says heroin users are typically broke and have criminal histories. "He's an … "When you're a dependent heroin user you're not always using for the high but to ease the withdrawals," he said.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman On Heroin: 'If I Don't Stop I Know I'm Gonna Die'
There was little mystery surrounding the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman—every obituary, be it stirring tribute or triumphant tabloid grist, reminds us that one of the greatest character actors of our time was apparently killed by an overdose of …
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