Trying to locate a study in which they gave a chimpanzee (or other ape?) all the hard drugs he wanted (though it may have just been cocaine and/or heroin?) and found that with sufficient care, the subject actually lived a perfectly healthy and long life.
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posted by imagineerit
on Jun 18, 2012 -
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A close friend recently revealed to me that she's been using heroin on occasion. She is unconcerned; I am freaking out. I need advice on how to handle this, or if I can.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 4, 2012 -
38 answers
How can I manage H withdrawals and an 8hr plane flight? I know theres other posts up about this on here but nobody has quite the same situation I'm in. I have a plane flight that leaves 6:30am on monday morning, its an 8hr plane flight and I just took my last shot 4 hrs ago today; lately I've been going through anywhere from .2-.5 of black tar everyday, I've never gone over that and I've only been using daily since last thursday (IV'ing since wednesday, smoking before that). I have half of a suboxone and a shit ton of vitamins (L-tyrosine, N-P-K mineral supplement, B-6/12, melatonin, and a multi). My first question: will I be over the worst of it by the time I get on that plane monday morning? Second question: what do you guys think is the best way to stagger all this out to minimize my hurt?
posted by anonymous
on Dec 23, 2011 -
15 answers
There is a person who is close to me who is addicted to heroin. We need to help her. For those of you who have experience with this, please help us figure out what the next steps are.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 14, 2011 -
16 answers
How do recovering/recovered junkies behave? Replete with juicy, depressing details.
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posted by sarling
on Jul 15, 2011 -
16 answers
Someone in my family is into something (more inside), we're thinking drugs, but his affect is quite normal-seeming. Dredging through my mind thinking of stuff where dependency could look that way, and coming up with heroin. Am i off-base?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 1, 2011 -
30 answers
How should an ex-junkie start exercising and being active again after pretty much ruining his body's constitution with drugs?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 26, 2011 -
28 answers
Ex-Junkies of Metafilter: Help me join your ranks. Please tell me how you learned to live without it after it got a hold of you.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 10, 2010 -
26 answers
In Chicago the standard term for bags of heroin sold on the street is "blows." I've also heard the word used as a verb, e.g. "You blow?" Does anyone have any clue as to the origin of the term?
posted by generalist
on Dec 9, 2009 -
8 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.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 12, 2009 -
20 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.
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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 -
15 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.
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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.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 21, 2007 -
40 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...
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posted by mistsandrain
on Mar 1, 2007 -
26 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
Why can't I get high like I used to?
(and a bevy of semirelated drug questions)
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posted by elr
on May 9, 2006 -
42 answers
With long term heroin use, does one's body "upregulate" or "downregulate" the amount of opioid receptors?
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posted by icetaco
on Feb 17, 2005 -
6 answers
