~PaL~ Heroin, if were being brutally frank, has always had the reputation of being the skanky drug. For most of us, the spectre and reputation of what we know about heroin - deadly, highly addictive - is enough to scare us off ever trying it. Even recreational drug users know it is not a drug to be messed with. Although the good news is the numbers of heroin users is falling - according to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse in 2013 - there is no room for complacency: heroin is still a drug that kills and persistent use will almost ultimately end in death. And although it shouldnt take celebrities dying to shine a spotlight on the drug, the deaths of Peaches Geldof and Philip Seymour Hoffman, one a supposedly content mother and the other an A-list actor, should show heroin users dont have a pigeonhole. That there is no fixed idea of what a heroin user is like is important as a starting point to understanding the drug - rich or poor, famous or not - it is a drug that can be used by your neighbour, your family member or your colleague.
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 17:13:47 +0000