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Heroin Has Not Gone Away - Anti-Drug Educational Video - 01

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Heroin Part 1 public domain video. Heroin: The Next Generation. Viewers will learn about the different types of heroin being peddled on the streets of America, how heroin affects the users and hear first person accounts about heroin use from former users. Find out how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office broke a major heroin trafficking ring that was selling the drug to young people in the affluent suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona. What goes around comes around -- and Heroin is back! But the face of yesterday's junkie is not the face of the junkie of today. More young people than ever before are shooting it, snorting it — even smoking it. And they're getting more bang for their buck when buying their heroin on the streets today. One reason: The purity of this drug is the highest at the street level than it's ever been -- that means users don't have to use needles to inject the drug into their veins. The new ability to snort or smoke heroin is enticing more young people than ever before to give it a try. Back in the 60s and 70s, heroin users primarily injected the drug into their bloodstream. The next generation of heroin users do not have to use needles to get high on heroin. Smoking it or snorting it is more appealing to younger and first-time users by eliminating the fear of needles and syringe-associated diseases such as HIV, AIDS and hepatitis -- not to mention the stigma associated with the stereotypical "junkie" who "shoots up" the drug. Another reason heroin use is on the rise, according to James Hall, an epidemiologist for Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami, Florida is because prescription drug abuse is on the rise. "Young people who try prescription narcotic opiate drugs and like the effects of those drugs are turning to heroin because it packs a similar, yet more powerful punch than prescription narcotic opiates," Hall says. "That's why prescription drug abuse is becoming a stepping stone to first time heroin users." Program Objectives: This program discusses, among other things, the following: Learn about the different types of heroin being peddled on the streets of America. Learn how heroine affects the users. Hear first person accounts about heroin use from a former users. Explore heroin trafficking trends and methods of delivery of the drug into the U.S. Find out how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office broke a major heroin trafficking ring that was selling the drug to young people in the affluent suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona. Panelists: TBA. Sponsors: This program is sponsored the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. Public domain video.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: rosaryfilms

Length: 26:10
Rating: 3.64
Views: 34833

Tags: abuse  addict  addiction  addicts  drug  drugs  heroin  narcotic  narcotics  opiates  opium  pushers  sellers  trafficking  use  users  

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fuckingcaneitmate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You would also cut the transmission of HIV and aids via the use of clean syringes, you would eliminate people trying it for the first time, you would have a higher rate of recovery for addicts. And it would save millions of pounds/dollars. Drugs need to be treated as a health issue however bad the drug is the criminal justice system is obviously the wrong place doctors and health professionals this coming from psychiatric nurse trainee may I point out. No kids would get on it either.
fuckingcaneitmate (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Heroin needs to be regulated and controlled, I actually think it's more important to legalise hard drugs than soft. I'm not saying you should be able to buy heroin in a shop or meth in an off license. Addicts should be given it and first time users should be banned anyone becoming addicted would get the heroin free so no incentive for the dealer to get anybody hooked in the first place it would also cut violent crime because they would not have to fund to steal there habit.
KinguNoKin (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
My only drug is water and it's the only drug i will ever need.
romeosdistress (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
very well said
romeosdistress (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
chasing the dragon 6 times and injecting it once hardly makes you an expert on it.. the fact you overdosed suggests you're an idiot don't act like an authority on a subject when you clearly aren't
funguysmall (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ive smoked heroin halve a dozen times, then i injected it which led to an overdoze in which i actually died and had to be brought back to life, id been drinking heavily when i injected, so because alcohol and heroin depresses the central nervs system and it was also my first time injecting, i was bound to overdose, all ive got to say really is dont do heroin itll fuck you up or kill you.
MEKONE1809 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It's amazing how now that Heroin/opiates has hit "White America"(Bangor Maine,etc..)now it's a BIG problem. But when it was all over Harlem/The Bronx not too many people worried then......It's nice to educate "White America" wouldn't want people who "aren't suppoesed to"get addicted get hooked.
joejjohnston (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i think if you like a drug, then you have to respect how strong it is and not do it too much. i'm talking about all drugs aswell btw.
bobmorten (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
heroin is like guns... It is not the gun alone that kills ppl..
Picaro1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Weel lit might be off the cuff for you, but that is exactly what she said in 1998 in one of those meeting of Law and Order that she went to in Australia. "Given them all dirty needles....." I am surprise nothing happened to her like when Anita Brian comented on the GAYS back in 1980s. Anita Brian lost her being the spoke person for Florida Oranges.

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