Articles for tag: Heroin Addiction, Opioids, Suboxone

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Why is Heroin so Dangerous?

Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid that is derived from morphine (which is used in patients who require round-the-clock pain relief)- however heroin is not legal, but provides similar effects. Heroin users tend to look for “the rush,” as many people tend to call it, and what this rush does is hits the user with intense ...

Methadone: Medical Detox for Heroin Addiction

Heroin is an illegal Schedule I narcotic, placing it in the group of the most highly addictive drugs available on the streets. There are many methods of using heroine, including: snorting, smoking, swallowing or injecting. Heroin is one of the few drugs known to sometimes cause an instant physical addiction in the brain. Withdrawing from ...

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Stages of Heroin Addiction

Heroin’s popularity seems to run in spurts. Most heroin users live in the inner cities, however, many people that live in the suburbs and even rural areas can come across a heroin addict living among them or even a heroin addiction themselves. Unlike other drugs, initial use of heroin usually leads to an addiction. Heroin ...

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15 of the Most Popular Rock Songs Inspired by Drugs

Sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll: These three things that have co-existed in the world of rock music since the days of the hard-living jazz and blues pioneers. The counter-culture revolution of the 1960s spawned some of the most popular rock bands and musicians of all-time, and drugs were a prevalent theme in much of ...

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The Redemption of an Addict

Through figurative language and an enticing plot, James Baldwin develops the life of Sonny through the narration of his brother, creating a theme of redemption. Although, Richard N. Albert holds a different opinion within his critical article, The Jazz-Blues Motif In James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues. Albert focuses on the theme of coming together through blues ...