Posts Tagged ‘heroin’
A Day In The Death Of Donny B. / Anti-Drug Docudrama / Music Video Enhanced
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
A Day In The Death Of Donny B. (1969). Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education, Health & Welfare; Director: Carl Fick; Producer: Louis Mucciolo; Production Company: Audio Productions. Public domain video.
Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) Information: Heroin is the common name of a substance known by the chemical name, diacetylmorphine. Heroin is synthesized from morphine, and morphine is synthesized from opium produced by the plant known by the botanical name Papaver Somniferum (common name opium poppy). Rather than being a different drug, heroin is a method of preparing morphine so that it is absorbed more efficiently by the human body, when injected. If heroin is injected into a human, more morphine will reach the brain than it would if the same amount of morphine were injected. Injecting about 5mg of heroin will produce the same results as injecting 10mg of morphine. Heroin can also be snorted, smoked, or taken orally. However, these other routes of administration are not recommended. They are not as efficient and most of the drug is wasted. If you are not going to inject heroin, an equal amount of morphine will produce similar results. When it is not injected, the heroin is usually totally metabolized by the human body before it can affect the amount of morphine that reaches the brain. So the effects of heroin are nearly the same as an equivalent amount of morphine when snorted, smoked, or taken orally. The time it takes to feel the effects depends on the method of administration. Snorting heroin results in onset within 10-15 minutes. Smoking heroin results in an almost immediate (milder) effect which gets stronger if more is smoked in that particular session. Intravenous injection results in rush and euphoria within 7-8 seconds, intramuscular injection takes about 5-8 minutes. Orally, as when heroin or morphine are ingested in pill form, it can take 60-90 minutes to feel anything. The primary effects of morphine (the main active ingredient in heroin) are a cessation or reduction of pain and/or a euphoric and content feeling. Heroin and morphine use almost always causes constipation, thinking may be slower, and a user may feel nausea or vomit. Opioid itch, an itch caused by taking an opium based drug, may be present. Another physical effect of morphine is respiratory system depression. This makes it an excellent cough suppressant. It is also usually the cause of death in a heroin or morphine overdose. According to the 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, an estimated 2.4 million people in the USA used heroin at some time in their lives. Nearly 216,000 of them reported using it within the month preceding the survey. The survey report estimates that there were 141,000 new heroin users in 1995, and that there had been an increasing trend in new heroin use since 1992. A large proportion of the recent new users were smoking, snorting/sniffing heroin, and most were under age 26. The 1996 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), which collects data on drug-related hospital emergency department episodes from 21 metropolitan areas, estimates that 14 percent of all drug-related ED episodes involved heroin. Physical dependence develops with higher doses of the drug. With physical dependence, the body adapts to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms occur if use is reduced abruptly. Symptoms of withdrawal include restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps, and leg movements. Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 24 and 48 hours after the last dose of heroin and subside after about a week. Heroin withdrawal is never fatal to otherwise healthy adults, but the psychological effects can be so bad that the user might kill themself, rather than going through withdrawl. To avoid physical addiction heroin should be used once every four days, maximum. If you take it on friday, wait till tuesday or later before doing it again. If you can limit your use to once every four days, physical addiction and tolerance problems are minimized. You will not require larger doses to produce the same results.
Duration : 0:14:10
Origin & History of Opium & Its Derivatives Anti-Drug Video
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
From the film “Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness” (1972) by Airlie Productions. Traces the history of opium and how it has led to the present day usage of heroin. Examines the methods and procedures of organized crime in transporting the drug to the United States and its toll on the streets of America. Includes methods of combatting the problem and interviews with addicts who discuss their compulsion for drugs. Narrator: Paul Newman. Directors: Charles E. Francis, William Templeton. Producer: Frank Kavanaugh. Producer: Airlie Productions; Creative Commons license: Public Domain.
Duration : 0:22:11
Pictures of Drugs
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
A montage showing pictures of different forms and types of narcotics. Pictures mainly from the Drug Enforcement Administration. This is not suggesting that you take any of these drugs. These are just pictures to educate people more about the different forms that drugs can come in.
The song is “Dance with the Devil”, by Immortal Technique.
Duration : 0:2:34
Carte Blance – Ibogaine
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Dr Deborah Mash I didn’t believe it. Then she heard about another researcher who had been working with rats that were trained to become addicted. And he was describing again that a single dose of ibogaine could make them stop taking the drugs.
Dr Mash was determined to take the research forward. The FDA gave approval for clinical trials, but the pharmaceuticals were not prepared to put up the 100 million dollars for this. As a result, ibogaine remains banned in the USA.
Deborah out to a Caribbean island, where we had government approval to conduct research and treatments with patients who were willing to pay for the treatment, understanding that it was not FDA approved. And we collected over 400 treatment episodes. We discovered that ibogaine can be given safely and that it does have efficacy for heroin users, for alcoholics and for psycho-stimulant abuses like cocaine and meth.
For more video information please see the
revealing documentary about the most effective, but criminalized treatment modality for drug addiction available. Rite of Passage
Duration : 0:9:59
Heroin
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
n. A white, odorless, bitter crystalline compound, C17H17NO(C2H3O2)2, that is derived from morphine and is a highly addictive narcotic. Also called diacetylmorphine.
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A drug video for my Law class. All shot on my sister’s cellphone.
Music: NIN – 04 Ghosts I
Everything else: Me and Windows Movie Maker
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First video I’ve ever made but it turned out pretty decent.
Duration : 0:1:3
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Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
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Professor Deborah Mash talks about ibogaine
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Ibogain ett lovande medel mot drogslaveri.Detta är ett urklipp från en BBC produktion: BBC Horizon Special Psychedelic Experience, handlar om ibogain en medicinering från regnskogens Afrika som kan bota tung narkomani. Heroinister med många långa missbrukarår i bagaget har at tvärt efter endast ett par klinikbehandlingar med ibogain. Vad hindrar oss från att idag starta en kvalitativ forskning på global basis kring ibogain och andra kvalitativt fungerande medicineringar som angriper beroendets rot och kan ge svaret på frågan varför Jeppe super.
Det Svenska läkemedelsverket tror att ibogain saknar nytta för människor och är lätt att missbruka helt utan vetenskapligt stöd för det… Faktum är att ibogain är ett av de starkaste antiaddiktiva substanser kända av människan.
Mer information om ibogain och ibogainbehandling mot knarkslaveri finns på http://www.ibogain.se
Duration : 0:5:23
Drug Use in Iran (IranVNC.com)
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, some three-million Iranians are believed to be users of illegal drugs, and the face of the epidemic is changing.
As these pictures on a Tehran street show, crack is an increasing menace; a more addictive and dangerous synthetic variation of the heroin smuggled across the Afghani border.
To combat what the U-N calls the heroin Tsunami washing over Iran, this public service announcement soon will begin airing on television stations — warning of the dangers of drug use.
A United Nations representative praised the government for its aggressive efforts to stem the smuggling tide.
SOUNDBITE: “The work of Iran has been extraordinary in terms of results related to drug seizures.”
President Ahmadinejad said the country’s struggle with illegal narcotics is a “holy war.”
SOUNDBITE: “Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran is decisive, serious and a pioneer in the war on drugs. But we need international determination in order to eradicate drugs”
Studies indicate the drug epidemic is intensifying throughout the region. Iran is just one of the so-called ‘transit’ countries surrounding Afghanistan in which use of heroin and derivative substances like crack is fueled by easy access to the drug, lower prices, and rising unemployment.
Yet Iran’s problems appear to be more serious and potentially devastating.
A prominent expert on drug abuse in Iran, Peter Reuter of America’s University of Maryland, claims Iran has “the world’s worst heroin problem.”
According to a report in the Washington Post newspaper, 70% of Iran’s drug users are unemployed. A poll within Iran suggests 80% of the country link the problem of drug addiction with Iran’s unemployment rate. Iran’s ministry of public welfare has reported that most addicts in the country are between ten and nineteen years old.
Expert William Samii reports that more and more young Iranians, prohibited from consuming alcohol under Islamic law, are turning to drugs as an alternative.
http://www.iranvnc.com/
English link:
http://iranvnc.com/en/home/
Duration : 0:2:20
Drug Addiction
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Short video on heroin addiction. Produced by Friedkin Digital for Wiley & Sons, Inc. Part of a companion series for a university level textbook, “Abnormal Psychology” 11th edition by authors Ann M. Kring, Sheri L. Johnson, Gerald C. Davison, & John M. Neale.
Additional footage courtesy of
Greg Scott
Sawbuck Productions
DePaul University
…dedicated to the memory of
his sister, Julie.
© Copyright 2009
Duration : 0:6:51
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