Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by varispeed on Thursday February 18, 2021 @11:05AM
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The dangers of the drug mostly come from its legal status and that it is being adulterated with various substances in the unregulated market. People also don't get a leaflet that they can consult on the strength or dosage so often they overdose.
Medical grade heroin is not as dangerous as people supporting prohibition would like it to be. You can take clean heroin for decades and be perfectly fine. This would rather not apply to alcohol or other legal drugs.
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Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by johnyzee on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:56PM
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I would say the main danger is the crippling physical addiction (as well as psychological, but that is harder to quantify) it causes in a substantial amount of users.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by varispeed on Saturday February 20, 2021 @11:52AM
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Yes, the downside is that you have to take it every so often, but after a while it becomes a second nature so you won't be even notice apart from occasional situations where "medication" is not possible.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by tanseydavid on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:27PM
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>> You can take clean heroin for decades and be perfectly fine.
This seems to me to be a excessively myopic way of thinking about it. To the point of amounting to rationalization.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem
by varispeed on Monday February 22, 2021 @05:30AM
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If you suffer from chronic pain, that's your only option if everything else fails. Opiates plus cannabis can make one's life bearable. Unfortunately many people would like them to suffer instead just to satisfy their own morals - for them someone else's suffering is a virtue.