A Heroin Dealer Tells the Silk Road Jury What It Was Like to Sell Drugs Online

Re:A Heroin Dealer Tells the Silk Road Jury What It Was Like... by xyzzy123 on Thursday January 29, 2015 @06:37AM (#8965529)

I think you might be surprised by the number of functional heroin "addicts" there are. There are a lot of people holding down "good" jobs while using.

I don't feel great about posting non-throway, but hey.

My anecdata (10 > N < 20) are that most opiate users generally work out OK (<10% problem rate). Like most habits though, it's not a great thing to be stuck with. Worse than being a smoker although the smart ones will be quick to point out it's biologically better.

It's a thing you can actually grow out of, too. The people who don't usually have other problems.

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Re:A Heroin Dealer Tells the Silk Road Jury What It Was Like... by jeffreyrogers on Thursday January 29, 2015 @09:23AM (#8966242)

Yeah, I actually know of at least one doctor who was on heroin (while practicing). Started with an opiate (painkiller) addiction and then led to heroin. Actually, it's pretty common for people who've been prescribed painkillers to start using heroin once they can no longer get their painkiller prescriptions filled/represcribed.

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Re:A Heroin Dealer Tells the Silk Road Jury What It Was Like... by digi_owl on Thursday January 29, 2015 @09:47AM (#8966372)

Given that Herion is pretty much distilled opium, that's not really a surprise.

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