CCJ 4934 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Methadone, Prescription Drug, United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime
11 May 2016
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Overview: heroin very dangerous, disapproval is greater, junkie: lowlife, outcast, deviant untrustworthy, 1 od, same category as medical opiates oxy, hydro. 2/3 poppy in afgahnastan, 20% se asia: most heroin consumed in us comes from mexico, narcotics are painkillers/analgesics most used in a legitimate medical context. Rates and patterns of use: small users who use heroin but they have a great impact on society, heroin. With this being said it has high frequency in dawn of statistics indicating dose-dose and person-person it"s very dangerous. All other were used as much as individuals who use heroin. Of narcotics, heroin drug of choice but not as readily available. Changed procedures so stats aren"t really comparable: department of justice, surveys represent an imperfect method od estimating the number of heroin users, 2nd comeback in 20th century small cities of northern new england. Purer heroin and switch from narcotic dependent users from prescription pain killers.
