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by tmp-20150107 10y ago
Absolutely, and this is why I talked about harm reduction as a drug policy in my parent comment. The thing about addicts is that they will do anything to get their next hit - someone who does not have a heroin habit just has no idea of th
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by tmp-20150107 10y ago
This is interesting, and confirms what I understand about heroin addiction. This is why harm reduction is such a good policy - addicts aren't sitting around waiting for something external to appear and help them quit heroin, if they wa
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
> And despite what the article connotes, most people in tech are not using illegal drugs frequently or ever. I don't think the article suggests most tech workers are doing this, but I think you'd be surprised at the amount th
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
> between their toes This is not a thing. There are no large veins between the toes, and circulation in your feet is pretty poor anyway, not to mention hygiene and infection issues... There are some veins on the foot that can be used, bu
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
The Cannae Drive was obviously not invented by a Scotsman... ;)
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
> It's the same in the UK - addicts of one sort or another do disproportionately make up the crime figures. Yes, the inference only goes in that direction...
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
Looking at the official NHS pricelist for May 2015, 100 10mg Diamorphine (Heroin) tablets cost GBP 24.09 which is a lot cheaper than street prices... I'm guessing a GBP 80 (1/16 oz) per day habit could drop to around GBP 10-15 (no
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
> Once you're addicted to drugs, you have to steal to pay for that habit. Not at all. Of course, you could just get a job that pays enough to support your habit? Software Engineering works for me, for example, and has allowed me to
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
> Being tarred with the same brush as addicts is quite offensive Actually, that attitude itself is offensive. Addiction is a serious mental health problem, and should not be stigmatized.
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal for an example of decriminalisation of posession of all drugs, even heroin. Dealers are still prosecuted, but users are not. This seems like a sane solution.
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
Keeping drugs in your mouth to allow swallowing quickly when stopped by the police is SOP for both heroin and crack cocaine dealers in most places I have experience of purchasing on the street. Once swallowed, a pat-down search finds nothin
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
Hell, in the UK doctors often won't even prescribe addicts Methadone. For example, I had to go to a separate service, the CDPS (Community Drug Problem Service, says it all, really) where you are basically treated like criminal scum, no
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
As long as you have the funds, say from a well-paying technology job, you should be able to manage your habit. I discussed this in another thread previously (see the comment history for this throwaway account) and pointed out that I have ha
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
I don't know. For me, the harmful part is not the heroin per-se, it is the addiction itself. The mentality created by such a powerful addiction is what is most damaging, the heroin itself less so. Although I have ended up in hospital
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by tmp-20150107 11y ago
+1 on the Naloxone. Here in the UK the NHS harm reduction policy is to provide free Naloxone injection pens after some short training; this is advertised in all needle exchange locations. I think this is an excellent idea, and would hope th
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by tmp-20150107 12y ago
> Drug addiction works similarly, except especially with something like heroin, it gets special teeth. You stop, and not only does stress trigger your compulsion to seek that comfort, even if you're not otherwise feeling stress, you
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by tmp-20150107 12y ago
With the caveat that I'm an absolute idiot, and if you try and emulate any of this, you're even more of an idiot, then why not... I both shoot up and smoke. Particularly when I'm working it helps to have injected at lunchtime
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by tmp-20150107 12y ago
That's what a heroin addiction means. Daily use, or withdrawl, which is really not as much fun as it's made out to be on television...
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by tmp-20150107 12y ago
Hm, makes sense. I think hobbies in general can be used to take the place of an addiction. I should probably cycle to work more, though ;) However one of the major problems with heroin addiction is the actuall process of quitting. You can
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by tmp-20150107 12y ago
So, I have been a heroin user (addict) for a long time, about fifteen years. I have a great job, as a senior engineer in a start-up, and have worked almost continually in IT while maintianing my habit. I've tried to quit, several times