Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in the US

Re:Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in t... by leereeves on Monday February 12, 2018 @08:33AM (#16358431)

> There aren't many people who try heroin a couple times then realize they're busy and drop it forever.

Millions of people have used legal opioid painkillers and moved on with their lives. Some people get addicted but for the legal opioids it's far from true that "once someone gets a taste of it, their life is forever changed."

Is heroin that much more addictive than the legal variants?

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Re:Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in t... by senorjazz on Monday February 12, 2018 @10:04AM (#16358998)

No it isn't. You don't get addicted straight away, you have to work at it.

Just like cigarettes, you have one and don't like. Tastes foul, gives you a headache. But if you persevere, smoke 1, then more then more. Then after 10 days / 2 weeks of daily smoking you are starting to get addicted, same for heroin. You use it once, and if is any good, you are sick, violently so (vomiting, not dope sick), but persevere for 1-2 weeks the addiction will take hold.

Addiction tends to happen more with heroin, because people who would tend to trying it have other issues on in their life to give them the impetus to keep on trying it.

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