Gimme an H! or, What Would Happen if I Did Heroin Just Once? [more inside]
posted by Alaska Jack on Nov 7, 2009 - 33 answers

Doctor-Filter: I have an appointment scheduled to see a doctor this afternoon about some... sensitive issues. I'm wondering how free I should be with the information I give them, and whether or not certain factors might discourage them from giving me the treatment I feel like I need. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 12, 2009 - 20 answers

(clashfilter) Does anyone know if Joe Strummer was ever a junkie? [more inside]
posted by peewinkle on Jul 29, 2009 - 6 answers

I just found out yesterday that someone that I cared very deeply for died a few years ago from an overdose of heroin. I have a few questions regarding the nature of his death and etiquette surrounding contacting his family. [more inside]
posted by zerokey on Jun 26, 2009 - 15 answers

When heroin addicts talk about 'nodding off,' what does that mean? Is it just like going to sleep? Why would they want to go to sleep when they went through all that trouble to get high?
posted by sublimetym on Mar 8, 2009 - 14 answers

Great article about methadone? [more inside]
posted by serazin on Jan 2, 2008 - 8 answers

I was re-watching Requiem for a Dream last night, and there was a line in there that I realized that I never really understood. [more inside]
posted by Tbola on Nov 16, 2007 - 18 answers

Please tell me everything you know about the first few days of heroin withdrawal, in particular, ways to ease the dope sickness. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 21, 2007 - 40 answers

What's this novel (featuring a heroin dealer and a bad boob job)? [more inside]
posted by Bookhouse on May 2, 2007 - 3 answers

Does it ever stop? I am a "recovered" heroin addict. Or maybe now I can say I "was" a heroin addict. I've been clean for 8 years, I have children, a career, a semblance of a responsible adult life that I am content with at 36, friends, the arts. I write grants for charities. I don't have to hide my past, it just doesn't come up anymore. But I dream of dope sometimes- vivid dreams in my sleep. If I am stressed out, my thoughts occasionally wander there... [more inside]
posted by mistsandrain on Mar 1, 2007 - 27 answers

In the Velvet Underground song 'Foggy Notion,' the narrator notes, "Got my calamine lotion." Among other things, the narrative concerns a shooting, S&M and heroin. Why does the narrator carry anti-itch medication?
posted by mwhybark on Nov 3, 2006 - 13 answers

I'm looking for old ads of when various illegal drugs were still legal. One in particular. [more inside]
posted by [insert clever name here] on Sep 8, 2006 - 9 answers

Why can't I get high like I used to? (and a bevy of semirelated drug questions) [more inside]
posted by elr on May 9, 2006 - 42 answers

What's the medical opinion on heroin and opiates and their damage to the body? [more inside]
posted by fishfucker on Oct 27, 2005 - 37 answers

With long term heroin use, does one's body "upregulate" or "downregulate" the amount of opioid receptors? [more inside]
posted by icetaco on Feb 17, 2005 - 6 answers