Video highlights just a few of the “ugly” parts of addiction-needle infections, withdrawal, self-multilation, etc. Background songs bring up Lortabs, Percoset, Oxys, Cocaine and more.
Music: Urban, rap and country. Length: 5 minutes.
Review: Watch It!

Please take a moment to comment, write a post,or subscribe to our RSS feed!

Natioal Geographic follows Heroin Addicts throughout their day and hear their stories and the details of their addictions in their own words.

Please take a moment to comment, write a post,or subscribe to our RSS feed!

Researchers from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne have identified a factor that may contribute towards the development of heroin addiction by manipulating the adenosine A2A receptor, which plays a major role in the brain’s ‘reward pathway’.Using mice specifically bred without the adenosine A2A receptor, Prof Andrew Lawrence and his team showed that these mice had a reduced desire to self-administer morphine; heroin is converted to morphine in the body. (Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today)

Please take a moment to comment, write a post,or subscribe to our RSS feed!