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On Heroines, Heroine Worship and the Heroine in Feminism
Women: A Cultural Review, 2015As Barbara Taylor has remarked, modern feminism is generally uncomfortable with its desire for heroines: ‘as feminists we yearn for extraordinary women with whom to identify; but creating such wome...
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Transitions in patterns of heroin administration: a study of heroin chasers and heroin injectors
Addiction, 1994AbstractA community sample of 408 heroin users was interviewed about changes in their predominant route of heroin administration. Clear preferences for specific routes of drug administration were evident. Two predominant routes of administration were found: injection (54%) and‘chasing the dragon’(44%).
GRIFFITHS, P +3 more
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International Journal of the Addictions, 1983
This report examines heroin use careers within a sample of 147 Black male heroin addicts and their nonaddicted friends. Based on the extent of their heroin use, subjects were classified into the following subgroups: "light" experimenters, "moderate" experimenters, "heavy" experimenters, and addicts.
Melvin C. Washington +2 more
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This report examines heroin use careers within a sample of 147 Black male heroin addicts and their nonaddicted friends. Based on the extent of their heroin use, subjects were classified into the following subgroups: "light" experimenters, "moderate" experimenters, "heavy" experimenters, and addicts.
Melvin C. Washington +2 more
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Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 2016
Heroin use has increased significantly in the United States over the past decade. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heroin use has increased 63% between 2002 and 2013. Heroin-related overdose deaths have increased four-fold over the same time period.
Deborah A, Salani +2 more
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Heroin use has increased significantly in the United States over the past decade. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heroin use has increased 63% between 2002 and 2013. Heroin-related overdose deaths have increased four-fold over the same time period.
Deborah A, Salani +2 more
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Allergy, 1990
A patient with allergic asthma and urticaria due to heroin powder is reported, and details of bronchial provocation and other related tests are discussed.
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A patient with allergic asthma and urticaria due to heroin powder is reported, and details of bronchial provocation and other related tests are discussed.
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Stanford Law Review, 1975
The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) grows under a wide variety of climatic conditions, though it seems to prefer a warm, dry climate. Its growth is presently illegal in the United States, as in most other countries, and its cultivation, where legal, is limited by a network of international agreements.
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The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) grows under a wide variety of climatic conditions, though it seems to prefer a warm, dry climate. Its growth is presently illegal in the United States, as in most other countries, and its cultivation, where legal, is limited by a network of international agreements.
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Annals of Internal Medicine, 1979
Excerpt To the editor: We wish to add our experience to those reported by Adams and colleagues in their paper "Thrombocytopenia and Intravenous Heroin Use" in the September 1978 issue (1).
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Excerpt To the editor: We wish to add our experience to those reported by Adams and colleagues in their paper "Thrombocytopenia and Intravenous Heroin Use" in the September 1978 issue (1).
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Acute effects of heroin on emotions in heroin‐dependent patients
The American Journal on Addictions, 2013BackgroundEuphoria has been described in heroin‐dependent individuals after heroin administration. However, affective disturbances and disorders are common in heroin dependence. The present study examined the acute effects of heroin on emotions in heroin‐dependent patients.MethodsThis randomized controlled crossover trial included 28 heroin‐dependent ...
Blum, J. +8 more
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Buprenorphine Suppresses Heroin Use by Heroin Addicts
Science, 1980Heroin-dependent men were given buprenorphine (a partial opiate agonist-antagonist) or a placebo under double-blind conditions on a clinical research ward where they could acquire heroin (21 to 40.5 milligrams per day, intravenously). Buprenorphine significantly (P < .001) suppressed the self-administration of heroin over 10 days.
Nancy K. Mello, Jack H. Mendelson
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The Lancet, 1998
Yet, heroin was developed by the same research team who introduced aspirin. These researchers were convinced that heroin would make a valuable contribution to medicine as a cough suppressant to assist breathing in patients with severe lung disease. This conviction is reflected in the origin of the drug’s name—the German term heros refers to an ancient ...
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Yet, heroin was developed by the same research team who introduced aspirin. These researchers were convinced that heroin would make a valuable contribution to medicine as a cough suppressant to assist breathing in patients with severe lung disease. This conviction is reflected in the origin of the drug’s name—the German term heros refers to an ancient ...
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