Generally perceived as an inner city drug, heroin has made its way to the Pitsburgh suburbs, breaking out of its former demographics, as well as breaking records.
In one example given in an article by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a substitute teacher for the Creative and Performing Arts high school, was charged in a bank heist and the theft of more than $22,500 worth of computers to support a heroin habit which had grown to the astronomical costs of $100 a day. READ MORE »
The St. Louis Metro area has seen a rise of heroin addiction in the recent years with an estimated one person dying a day due to overdose. To make matters worse, St. Louis treatment centers are becoming so overwhelmed with addicts that the necessary resources for aid are becoming scarce.
For treatment center ARCA, the number of heroin-addicted patients has quadrupled in the previous year alone, causing them to open READ MORE »
The United States has claimed today that it would attempt better communication with its partners during heroin raids in Afghanistan. For two years the U.S. has joined a co-operative effort with Russia to clamp down on heroin production in the country, which produces roughly 90 percent of the global total.
During a joint raid last October, the two countries captured and destroyed four Afghan heroin labs and encountered an estimated one metric ton READ MORE »
Hospitals and other medical centers commonly use fentanyl as an opiate pain killer (similar to morphine) because it works to dull the pain center in the brain. It has been used in surgery, is included in many paramedics’ first aid kits and, unfortunately, has been abused by medical professionals in numerous cases. The powerful addictive qualities of fentanyl have led to countless addictions and some documented overdoses. It is perhaps the high cost of the drug that has kept it from becoming as popular as heroin, for example.
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Fentanyl has effects very similar to heroin. Says one previous Seattle-area user, “I just felt so good, so light, just so relaxed,” when first using the drug. Addiction comes quickly, however: the highly expensive drug is difficult for addicts to get ahold of, its abuse still lacks attention and research, and the withdrawal symptoms are extremely unpleasant.
In a recent article in The Stranger, one user was cited as saying, ”This is my absolute overall perspective on that stuff—it’s absolutely amazing, it will ruin your life, it will steal all your money, and you will still love it more than anything.”
For more information on the dangers of Fentanyl addiction, visit http://www.softlandingrecovery.com/articles/fentanyl_addiction.html.
Chicago police found 10 kilograms of heroin valued at $1.5 million, along with $5 million in cash at a home on North Kildare Avenue in Chicago on Friday, July 2nd. The heroin was stashed in the garage and the cash was found in various heat-sealed plastic bags scattered throughout the house. What’s unusual is that the drugs and money were discovered in the same location. Officials said the drugs are linked to a Mexican drug cartel. For more information about this news story, refer to the video below:
The following is a transcribed phone-interview conducted with Nasim Fekrat of AfghanLord.org. We made contact with Nasim because of his experiences talking with and learning about the situation of heroin and opium addicts within Afghanistan, his home country. We cannot thank Nasim enough for his willingness to educate us about this dire situation, and with that, please enjoy the interview.
Please read the interview here:
http://www.alltreatment.com/interviews/interview-with-nasim-fekrat-of-afghanlordorg
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