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Obama Vows to Finish Job; Heroin Trade Thrives; Afghanistan, Inc.?Obama Vows to Finish Job; Heroin Trade Thrives; Afghanistan, Inc.? In the midst of the state visit to Washington of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama at a brief news conference announced that he was going to "finish... In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Taliban, Manmohan Singh, Heroin, Washington, US, and Midstream |
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
The Damage Done: Heroin in Centreville and the death of Alicia Lannes
...of young men -- Skylar's former friends -- testify against him. Some re-create the day of Alicia's first overdose: She'd shot up in the car after a trip to D.C. to buy heroin. When she stopped breathing, Skylar had slapped her face, told her...
In this article: Leonie M. Brinkema and Virginia Commonwealth University
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Caitlin's Story
Caitlin's Story Sometimes guest Achenblogger Caitlin Gibson today gives us an in-depth look at a heroin ring among teenagers in the Washington suburbs. It's the first of a two-part article in the Style section. Pretty scary reading for those...
In this article: Cocaine, Barbiturate, Anxiety, and Washington
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Times of India | November 20, 2009
Convicted felon in US, Gilani changed name to hide tracks
...Daood Saleem Gilani, say he aided Drug Enforcement Agency agents monitor an operation involving smuggling of a huge consignment of heroin and cocaine. The fact that Headley-Gilani's birthplace on his American passport is listed as...
In this article: Philadelphia, US, Washington, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago, and Tax
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Washington Times | October 27, 2009
October deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan
...it began operations here in 2005. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium -- the raw ingredient in heroin -- and the illicit drug trade is a major source of funding for insurgent groups. Associated Press Writer Heidi Vogt in...
In this article: U.S., Taliban, Afghanistan, Kabul, Washington, Iraq conflict, Opium, and Drug Enforcement Administration
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washingtonpost.com | November 15, 2009
Baby boomers find growing public acceptance of marijuana use
"It's more of a struggle for us when the parents just see heroin or cocaine as the dangerous drugs and sort of turn their heads with marijuana," said Carol Porto, who runs an inpatient drug treatment center in Calvert County. Most...
In this article: Marijuana, California, On the merits, Cannabis, and National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
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New Kerala | October 13, 2009
US Treasury official says Taliban better bankrolled than Al Qaeda
...forces in Afghanistan. Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen claimed that the Taliban extorts money from poppy farmers and heroin traffickers involved in Afghanistan''s booming drug trade. It also demands protection...
In this article: Al Qaeda, Taliban, US Treasury, Afghanistan, American Bar Association, Barack Obama, and U.S.
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washingtonpost.com | November 04, 2009
Teen Heroin Ring in Centreville: Parents Talk
...that's sometimes an answer. Other kids said that they would try to defeat those tests by taking other medications that counteracted the heroin somehow, or by asking friends/siblings for their urine instead, etc. Washington, D.C.: Caitlin:...
In this article: Centreville, Virginia, Anxiety, and Washington, D.C
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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.
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