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Columbine High School Massacre (view source)
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[[Category:United States History]]
[[Category:United States History]]
[[Category:School violence]]
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'''The Staggering Truth Behind [http://www.heroin.org/ Heroin Addiction]'''
Among all known kinds of opiates around the world, heroin is the most
widely abused and highly addictive substance in society today. Heroin is
made from morphine, which is an innate component derived from the seed
pod of specific varieties of poppy plants. Heroin is usually available
in the form of white powder that is bitter in taste. These common types
of heroin is usually sold on the streets in small amounts.There are
also certain types of heroin that appear as black or dark brown. Its
variation in color is caused by the impurities that are left behind from the
manufacturing process or from the mere incorporation of other foreign
additives. On the other hand, the kind of heroin that is black in color
is called "black tar," which is available mainly in the Western and
Southern parts of the U.S.
Heroin Abuse in America
It is specifically stated in the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH) that there is an estimated population of 3.5 million
Americans from 12 years old and above that is determined to have tried
using heroin at least once in their life. The 2005 NSDUH survey also
revealed that there were 108,000 persons aged 12 or older who said that they
used heroin for the first time during the past twelve months.
Furthermore, a separate survey, which is in line with the 2006 Monitoring the
Future study showed that 1.4 percent of students who are in the eight,
tenth, and twelfth grades are involved with lifetime use of heroin. This
kind of figure is primarily rooted on the convenience and ease of
acquiring heroin supplies from various underground dealers. As a matter of
fact, the survey has also determined that 17.4 percent of tenth graders
and 27.4 percent of twelfth graders said that obtaining supplies of
heroin is "very easy." This utmost convenience to acquire heroin shows not
only how lax the government's rule over illegal drugs but also implies
a greater risk for heroin addiction among Americans.
Putting Your Health at Stake
Heroin's immediate effects are intense and instantaneous. Upon
administering it to the body through intravenous injection, a certain "rush" is
immediately experienced by the user followed by a certain feeling of
euphoria and security. These short term effects are typically evanescent
in nature, quickly disappearing for a couple of hours. What is quite
disturbing is its long-term effects which range from infection of heart
lining to various liver diseases. The only feasible way to stay away
from these vile after-effects is to completely steer away from using
heroin or to undergo a very effective [http://www.addictiontreatmentcenter.com/ drug treatment program].
sources:
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/heroin/index.html
http://www.infoimagination.org/ps/drug_war/heroin/index.html
http://www.drugstory.org/drug_info/heroin.asp