• Heroin(e) is a 2017 American short documentary film directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and produced by Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon. It...
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    Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the opium...
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    Black tar heroin, also known as black dragon, is a form of heroin that is sticky like tar or hard like coal. Its dark color is the result of crude processing...
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  • Heroin chic is a style popularized in early-1990s fashion and characterized by pale skin, dark circles underneath the eyes, emaciated features, androgyny...
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  • "Hummels & Heroin" is the fifth episode in the twenty-first season of the American animated television series South Park. The 282nd overall episode of...
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  • "Polish" heroin (also kompot and compote in drug culture slang) is a crude preparation of heroin made from poppy straw. It is an opiate, used recreationally...
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    Tape...Do Some Heroin'". E! Online. Retrieved April 17, 2009. Finn, Natalie (April 15, 2009). "Jamie Foxx Apologizes to Miley Tonight". E! Online. Retrieved...
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    opium-producing areas of the world since the 1950s. Most of the world's heroin came from the Golden Triangle until the early 21st century when opium production...
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  • "Heroin Girl" is a rock song by the band Everclear from their 1995 album Sparkle and Fade. This song is generally agreed to be about lead singer Art Alexakis's...
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    throughout subsequent years. The second wave was from an expansion in the heroin market to supply already addicted people. The third wave starting in 2013...
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    is an American documentary filmmaker, best known for her documentary, Heroin(e) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject...
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    Utah, in the fall of 1985. Stevo's best friend, "Heroin" Bob, is also a punk. The nickname "Heroin" is ironic, as Bob is afraid of needles and actually...
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  • Curren Sheldon is an American filmmaker, best known for his documentary, Heroin(e) for which he received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject...
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  • The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia is a 1972 non-fiction book on heroin trafficking in Southeast Asia and the CIA complicity and aid to the Southeast...
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  • 405 – Frank Stiefel‡ Edith+Eddie – Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright Heroin(e) – Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon Knife Skills – Thomas Lennon...
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    been selected three times for inclusion in The Best American Essays ("Heroin/e" in the 2000 edition, "The Love of My Life" in the 2003 edition, and "My...
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  • Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT), or diamorphine-assisted treatment, refers to a type of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) where semi-synthetic heroin...
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    "Cheese" is a heroin-based recreational drug that came to the attention of the media inside and outside the United States after a string of deaths among...
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    Speedball (drug) (category Heroin)
    well-known mixture used for recreational drug use is that of cocaine and heroin; however, amphetamines can also be mixed with morphine and/or fentanyl....
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  • "King Heroin" is an anti-drug song by James Brown, David Matthews, Manny Rosen and Charles Bobbit. Brown recorded this poem set to music at a studio in...
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    origin of the etymology.[citation needed] The practice of smoking low grade heroin via heating on tin-foil first originated in Hong Kong in the late 1950s...
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  • Long" – 7:12 "(For Bill)" – 5:11 "Lift" – 1:38 "Silent Signs" – 3:50 "Heroin(e)" – 3:28 "Love Long Gone" – 4:35 "First Impression" – 3:32 "Bones" – 5:25...
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    Opiate Overload" and in 2018 for “Kept Out” and “Monumental Lies.” The film Heroin(e), on the opioid epidemic in West Virginia, was nominated for an Academy...
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    hyperalgesia Amorphinism Psychiatric diagnosis Kosten, T. R., & Baxter, L. E. (2019). Review article: Effective management of opioid withdrawal symptoms:...
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  • Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street is a 1999 television documentary film directed by Steven Okazaki. Filmed from 1995 to 1998 in the Tenderloin...
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    drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. Lucas boasted that he smuggled heroin using the coffins of...
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  • Héroïnes is a 1997 French drama film directed by Gérard Krawczyk and starring Virginie Ledoyen. Two best friends, Johanna and Jeanne, live in the small...
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  • a Spanish film Heroine (2012 film), a Bollywood film Heroin(e), a 2017 documentary film Héroïnes, a 1997 French film HMS Heroine, four ships of the British...
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    television series My Brother, My Brother and Me, and the Netflix documentary "Heroin(e)" were all filmed in the city. Arguably, the most famous attraction in...
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    toxicity due to excessive consumption of opioids, such as morphine, codeine, heroin, fentanyl, tramadol, and methadone. This preventable pathology can be fatal...
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