A Day in the Death of Donny B. / Anti-Drug Docudrama / Music Video Enhanced
A Day In The Death Of Donny B. / Anti-Drug Docudrama / Music Video Enhanced – A Day In The Death Of Donny B. (1969). Sponsor: US Department of Education, Health & Welfare; Director: Carl Fick; Producer: Louis Mucciolo; Production Company: Audio Productions. Public domain video. Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) Information: Heroin is the common name of a substance known by the chemical name, diacetylmorphine. Heroin is synthesized from morphine, and morphine is synthesized from opium produced by the plant known by the botanical name Papaver Somniferum (common name opium poppy). Rather than being a different drug, heroin is a method of preparing morphine so that it is absorbed more efficiently by the human body, when injected. If heroin is injected into a human, more morphine will reach the brain than it would if the same amount of morphine were injected. Injecting about 5mg of heroin will produce the same results as injecting 10mg of morphine. Heroin can also be snorted, smoked, or taken orally. However, these other routes of administration are not recommended. They are not as efficient and most of the drug is wasted. If you are not going to inject heroin, an equal amount of morphine will produce similar results. When it is not injected, the heroin is usually totally metabolized by the human body before it can affect the amount of morphine that reaches the brain. So the effects of heroin are nearly the same as an equivalent amount of morphine when snorted, smoked, or taken orally. The time it takes to feel the effects depends on the method of …
USA: Thousands of People Hospitalized for Artificial Drug
Filed under: drug abuse warning network
The research group's Drug Abuse Warning Network found that children between 12 and 17 are a third of those affected, while young adults between 18 and 24 years are another 35 percent. In 59 percent of cases involving patients aged between 12 and 29 …
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Increasing number of children hospitalized for synthetic drugs
Filed under: drug abuse warning network
Some people's reactions to the synthetic drugs were so serious they ended up in the emergency room. The Drug Abuse Warning Network just published a report studying ER visits for synthetic marijuana in 2010. It says patients between the ages of 12 and …
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Synthetic marijuana sent more than 11400 people to ER in 2010
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The statistics were released by Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), a federal government program that is part of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Synthetic marijuana — sold under many names including the K2 and …
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