Heroin is one of the strongest opiod drugs for sure, though over the past 30 years there's been plenty of others created that are just as strong. But smarter mixtures and more educated application by medical professionals has helped to minimize the problems associated with those newer drugs.
Any strong opiod can inspire dependent use fairly quickly and depending on the strength, withdrawal can be challenging for a period of time ranging from a couple weeks to even a couple months.
The biggest challenge for anyone who uses strong opiod drug(s) is not so much the effects of the drug itself, but rather, the withdrawal symptoms if use is curtailed or ceased.
Maintenance programs in Switzerland, the UK, Canada and Australia (just a few examples) have demonstrated that people can use heroin daily over extremely long periods without notable adverse effects.
Now they won't be the most outgoing or sociable folks being as they're shutting down a significant portion of their central nervous system. But they can live responsibly, maintain many forms of employment and expect to have fairly normal life spans.
That noted, living your life with the bulk of your nervous system sedated is a fairly bland future, so I'd certainly not endorse it if you're not using opiods to address a very legitimate chronic pain issue(s).
Not much chance of that. I've always hated drugs ever since I was little.
Believe me, those commericals work where they show you ugly effects of drugs. I grew up seeing those, ''this is your brain on drugs'' commercials and others and believe me they just work. It was embedded in my brain from an early age that drugs are disgusting and very harmful and I want no part of them because of those commericals.
*Cardiac arrest extremely unlikely. Holes in the septum certainly possible with longer term use
*That was my point in my admittedly long-winded explanation above. It's honestly unusual for someone who has had the chance for heavy and/or extended use of cocaine to pick it up again once they've been through a reasonable period of detox and recovery. Especially if that recovery includes their gaining some insight - via personal and interaction with others in active recovery - as to what parts of their psyche may have contributed to their choosing to use a strong drug like this to excess for an extended period.
My proscription for "give them all they want" was only slightly tongue in cheek. In a more sensible society, cocaine possession would not be illegal for adults and commercial distribution would be legal in controlled settings (much like alcohol). The user would then be able for themselves to pretty much - if they chose - get As Much As They Want.
The uninitiated, like yourself, quite reasonably raise your eyebrows and think, "Oh No! Why they'll just use and use and use until they drop dead!"
But those of us with more personal knowledge (and with no offense intended towards you or anyone else) know that with cocaine, in nearly all cases it would be, They use and use and use and then they say Fuck..No More
A rough analogy, but not too far off, would be to imagine if you will, a person who likes the effects of alcohol, but all he has access to is 151proof (everclear etc).
He might get drunk and like it. And then get drunk again tomorrow and still like it. And this could go on for a while...maybe a few weeks or even into a couple months.
But it wouldn't be long before his body and brain would rebel and he would seek to cease use.
I'm going to take a shot and presume you actually intended to write "illicit drugs".
That is unless you're the very rare North American who has never used ANY drugs - including the most popular drugs
1) caffeine
2) alcohol
3) anti-inflamtory and analgesic drugs (tylenol, aspirin, ibuprofen)
4) tobacco
5) pain meds after dental work or other surgery
I'll conclude this late night burst of discussion (a reset for me, but perhaps fresh to other visitors) by emphasizing the most pertinent point regarding ALL drugs.
That is, whatever level of risk or danger you personally assign to a drug, you can be certain that level of risk or danger is exacerbated and multiplied when the drug is deemed illegal to possess or to commercially distribute (Prohibition).
And these increased dangers impact not only the users, but extend to the people around them and the community at large when Prohibition is in effect.
That is, whatever level of risk or danger you personally assign to a drug, you can be certain that level of risk or danger is exacerbated and multiplied when the drug is deemed illegal to possess or to commercially distribute (Prohibition).
And these increased dangers impact not only the users, but extend to the people around them and the community at large when Prohibition is in effect.
