Heroin
Psychoactive Drug
|
UN: Afghan drug flow wreaks global havoc...Central Asia." While Central Asian countries such as Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are the main trafficking route for Afghan heroin into the Russia, they also have growing domestic markets, the report warned. In Iran, about 14... In this article: Opiate, Opium, Heroin, UN, Afghanistan, Tax, Opium poppy, Central Asia, and Taliban |
-
www.washingtonpost.com | January 02, 2007
A New Beginning For Turkmenistan
...thousands of doctors and nurses. Under Niyazov, Turkmenistan became a corridor for heroin trafficking from Afghanistan to the West and gained for itself one of the highest heroin addiction rates in the world. Above all, Niyazov was a selfish...
In this article: Turkmenistan, United States, European Union, Democracy, Natural gas, Waste, and Presidential Guard
-
International Herald Tribune | October 03, 2007
Turkmenistan is inundated by a scourge of heroin - International Herald Tribune
Turkmenistan is inundated by a scourge of heroin - International Herald Tribune ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan: : Late at night the prostitutes appeared, streaming into nightclubs in the capital of this Central Asian police state as the heat on the...
In this article: Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan, Rukhnama, HIV, AIDS, Hydrocarbon, U.S. Agency for International Development, and Taliban
-
www.nytimes.com
Heroin Seizes Turkmenistan, a Nation Ill Equipped to Cope ...
The reclusive nation of Turkmenistan, a land all but closed to outsiders, has become inundated with drug users in recent years.
-
www.irinnews.org
IRIN Asia | Asia | Turkmenistan | TURKMENISTAN: Heroin use ...
TURKMENISTAN: Heroin use poses a growing challenge. Photo: UNODC ... Whatever the real number, heroin is easily available in Ashgabat. ...
-
www.silkroadstudies.org
TURKMENISTAN 2004
occasionally transit southern Turkmenistan and heroin bound for Uzbekistan also ... heroin is easily and cheaply available throughout Turkmenistan's cities and that ...
-
www.inteldaily.com
Turkmenistan is inundated by a scourge of heroin
Turkmenistan is inundated by a scourge of heroin. IHT (outbound link) Last updated: ... Heroin use is so widespread among them, several said, that a few cannily ...
-
www.whale.to
Afghanistan
... heroin ($500 Billion + worth of heroin) and to get the gas out of Turkmenistan. ... Heroin labs had opened in the North-West Frontier province by 1979 (a fact duly ...
-
www.unodc.org
Fact sheets
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, ... Turkmenistan reported a 20% decrease in heroin seizures. ... of regional heroin seizures has remained ...
-
historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com
Alcohol and Drugs History Society: Turkmenistan
Posted by David Fahey on July 11, 2007 at 02:19 PM in Heroin, Turkmenistan | Permalink ... Afghanistan, Canada, Heroin, Opium, Pakistan, Turkmenistan , United States ...
Trends
Loading...
More on Heroin
Description from Wikipedia:
Heroin, or diacetylmorphine (INN), also known as diamorphine (BAN), is a semi-synthetic opioid drug synthesized from morphine, a derivative of the opium poppy. It is the 3,6-diacetyl ester of morphine (di (two)-acetyl-morphine). The white crystalline form is commonly the hydrochloride salt diacetylmorphine hydrochloride, though often adulterated thus dulling the sheen and consistency from that to a matte white powder, which however heroin freebase typically is.
As with other opioids, heroin is used as both a pain-killer and a recreational drug and has an extremely high potential for abuse. Frequent and regular administration is associated with tolerance, moderate physical dependence, and severe psychological dependence which develops into addiction.
Internationally, heroin is controlled under Schedules I and IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. It is illegal to manufacture, possess, or sell diacetylmorphine without a licence in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Iran, India, the Netherlands, the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Pakistan, the United Kingdom and Swaziland.
Under the name diamorphine, it is a legally prescribed controlled drug in the United Kingdom. It is available for prescription to long-term users in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark with counseling to deter addiction.
Explore everything named Heroin...
