Heroin Has Not Gone Away - Anti-Drug Educational Video - 03

Heroin Part 3 public domain video. Heroin: The Next Generation. Viewers will learn about the different types of heroin being peddled on the streets of America, how heroin affects the users and hear first person accounts about heroin use from former users. Find out how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office broke a major heroin trafficking ring that was selling the drug to young people in the affluent suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona. What goes around comes around -- and Heroin is back! But the face of yesterday's junkie is not the face of the junkie of today. More young people than ever before are shooting it, snorting it — even smoking it. And they're getting more bang for their buck when buying their heroin on the streets today. One reason: The purity of this drug is the highest at the street level than it's ever been -- that means users don't have to use needles to inject the drug into their veins. The new ability to snort or smoke heroin is enticing more young people than ever before to give it a try. Back in the 60s and 70s, heroin users primarily injected the drug into their bloodstream. The next generation of heroin users do not have to use needles to get high on heroin. Smoking it or snorting it is more appealing to younger and first-time users by eliminating the fear of needles and syringe-associated diseases such as HIV, AIDS and hepatitis -- not to mention the stigma associated with the stereotypical "junkie" who "shoots up" the drug. Another reason heroin use is on the rise, according to James Hall, an epidemiologist for Up Front Drug Information Center in Miami, Florida is because prescription drug abuse is on the rise. "Young people who try prescription narcotic opiate drugs and like the effects of those drugs are turning to heroin because it packs a similar, yet more powerful punch than prescription narcotic opiates," Hall says. "That's why prescription drug abuse is becoming a stepping stone to first time heroin users." Program Objectives: This program discusses, among other things, the following: Learn about the different types of heroin being peddled on the streets of America. Learn how heroine affects the users. Hear first person accounts about heroin use from a former users. Explore heroin trafficking trends and methods of delivery of the drug into the U.S. Find out how the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office broke a major heroin trafficking ring that was selling the drug to young people in the affluent suburb of Scottsdale, Arizona. Panelists: TBA. Sponsors: This program is sponsored the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA. Public domain video.

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[Starbright4876]

This is agreat documentary and I have added it to my group "Poppy Magic". Anyone who wants can join my group. You do not have to be in recovery and will not be "preached" at if you are not. Ppl in recovery are totally welcome they are needed to share their ES&H (Experience Strength and Hope) with all of us still teeter tottering.

Ppl who have knowledge about Opiates are encouraged to join to give us insight about addiction and what Opiates do to our bodies and souls.

[rosaryfilms]

Starbright4876, thank you for watching!

[whattthebeep]

i was in addiction for 5 years and then joined methadone clinic for 2 years and got off of it. it was hard, cheetofirecat is right... just for brief moment i was having fun but then i had to go thru withdraw like hell... i hated the pain from the withraw. worst pain in my life. i mean i love the feeling of heroin but i had to let it go because of the pain from withraw.

[CheetoFireCat]

And I truly believe even if u have an addictive personality doing drugs IS A CHOICE even if your body depends on the drugs ITS STILL YOUR CHOICE even through the pain of coming down you have a choice to stay clean and go through

[meown23]

@thekingofsports93 jackass.

[jtebaize]

in drug we trust

motherfuckin junkie american people its good for your face motherfucker

fuck y'all from france expect ghetto people

God bless the crack

[velocifero86]

Give it time, buddy. Give it time, and come back to this comment a year from now, and tell us how GOOD it feels.

[Sialeeds]

Get to know the addict instead. Who knows they might be human just like you

[darrin42]

Haha your saying tobacco and alcohol is worse than heroin? Have you any idea how stupid that statement is? Can you smoke heroin every weekend without becoming addicted? The way you can drink every weekend. Have you ever seen an old man Junky? Of course not, because they all die. Heroin is prob one of the(if not) the worst drug known to man kind. Not to mention the dirtiest, junkys are filthy, dirty bastards!

[darrin42]

And I was UNDRESSING your mother.

[Picaro1]

Make sure that we bring up the police department and law enforcement.We have make sure that we do not allow treatment on demand and methadone, suboxen.We have to allow science to help us create less harm to these people.