Rethink Your Image Of The Inner City Heroin User

Heroin was the stigmatized street drug, used only by the very desperate. If you took heroin, then you were thought of as a low life. More than likely a dangerous criminal who stole TVs in the inner city to support your habit.

This image, true or false was what people thought.

As opposed to weed, in which we think of a giggling college student in a smokey basement with junk food. Or a hippie at Woodstock. The point is the heroin user evokes more fear than the weed user. Heroin users are the undesirable in our society.

Times are changing. The heroin user is getting a new image makeover!

Why did society have to rethink or re-imagine the heroin user?

According to the National Safety Council, everyday, 52 people die from opioid pain medications. Adults have been prescribed opioids by doctors and subsequently become addicted or moved from pills to heroin. The prescription pill epidemic is the cause of heroin's new image makeover. From desperate inner city addict - to a person in suburbia who accidentally got hooked to prescription pills by their doctor - and was forced to use heroin to stop withdrawal symptoms, when their prescriptions ran out.

Criminal user vs. victim user

But why should someone who gets hooked on heroin (no matter the cause) be treated differently? They shouldn't, but we live in reality, not a university classroom. The fact of the matter is - we are not going to fill our jail cells with desirable members of society. Once off heroin, this demographic can still resume their "proper place" in society. 

The stigmatized inner city heroin user is undesired, the suburban victim heroin user, on the other hand gets a pass - hopefully to drug rehab.

Heroin rethink in action

Heroin rethink is now - suburban middle class with health care, they are victims of the prescription pill epidemic, and had to use heroin out of necessity! This was the only way this demographic can be justified as to NOT fill up jail cells, unlike other people - from the inner city who got addicted to heroin. 

This blog is to not shame the suburban heroin user and take away their social privileges to goto rehab, (in this case) as opposed to jail - but to point out this double standard exists. And to just be aware of it, that is all. And to think, that drug addiction preconceptions and who is considered a criminal is not always what it seems.

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Are Double Digit Drug Inflation Rates Creating More Heroin Addicts?

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Crack Cocaine Strikes Back 2015

Between 1984 through the early 1990 there was a crack epidemic across the United States. Because there was so much cocaine coming into the US, the prices were low. To combat lower prices, the dealers decided to turn the powder into a solid form, then sell it to more people at a lower price.

As a result, additional lower income people were introduced to crack cocaine. In 2015, the drugs making headlines are Heroin and Prescription Drugs. Where does crack stand in this changing landscape?

Is Crack poised to make a comeback? Will Crack Strike Back?

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In the 80's and early 90's CRACK was the drug to beat. But now Heroin and Prescription Drugs have taken over. Is CRACK ready for a comeback?!

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Don't Weed And Drive - Company Testing Pot Breathalyzer Prototype

Don't Weed And Drive - Company Testing Pot Breathalyzer Prototype Like it or not, weed is going to be available like alcohol. No one can stop this wave. There is too much money involved, and besides - the people want it. Soon more weed smokers will take to the road. Car crashes will happen, in which you - the non weed taker will have to defend yourself. Was the other person drunk? No. Was the other person on prescription drugs? No. Heroin! NO! Was the other person on Weed? Yes. When was their last hit? 40 days ago? 4 days ago? Or 4 minutes ago?

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This is no longer a theoretical concept of, "but weed does not hurt anyone." "No one overdoes from weed" "Weed affects everyone differently." "I am smarter on weed." "I am dumber on weed." "I have better motor skills on weed, so you - the non-week taker is at fault!" Don't laugh, there is data to support this argument - and any pro-week lawyer will hire experts to blow you away in court because your skills were not as sharp as his client's.
Besides, didn't you just wake up - and just a little bit sleepy? Or really tired from a hard days work - and not at full alert? What about that NyQuil you took 10 hours ago? Whereas the weed taker was fully rested - and besides, he functions better on weed! His video game stats prove it! You are now having to prove you are not at fault - the non drug user, or you will pay higher insurance rates for the rest of your life.
On Wednesday Dec 2, 2015, Hound Labs, from Oakland, California announced they are developing technology for a handheld breathalyzer for marijuana. It is supposed to get someone's THC level in real time. Police currently use blood or urine test to measure THC levels. But this test only test for levels, not impairment. Impairment will be the main issue that needs to be addressed.
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Naloxone, One Dose Does Not Fit All Overdose Situations

Noloxone should not be treated like the Heimlich maneuver, but for overdoses.

Did you know that you should not perform the Heimlich maneuver on someone who can still breath, or is conscious? I know in movies, you see the Heimlich maneuver performed when they see first sign of choking, but this is incorrect like everything Hollywood shows you.

According to https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000047.htm, you should first ask, "Are you choking? Can you speak?" DO NOT perform first aid if the person is coughing forcefully and is able to speak. A strong cough can often dislodge the object. If you administer the Heimlich maneuver to a coughing and speaking person, you could move the obstruction so it completely blocks the air way and they become unconscious. Then you will have to perform CPR. But like the Heimlich maneuver, Naloxone, like any drug - should not be given indiscriminately.

Despite what people are saying, Naloxone is not a wonder drug, but has to be given under the correct circumstances. In the wrong situations it could lead to more deaths if untrained people administer this drug for any overdose. Police officers are not Emergency Medical Personnel, but now they are asked to administer Naloxone because they tend to be the first responders. Other people on the scene, now have the added responsibility of saving the life of an overdose victim - if Naloxone is available and they resist calling 911 through fear of the criminal justice system.