Does heroin addiction makes temperamental changes?

Investigation of specific personality traits is still in focus of modern psychiatry for years. The target usually pursues identification of those personality traits, described as a predisposition of addiction. But the question of fowl and egg is still open: are these traits are predispositions or they are consequences of Heroin personality change. Based on “mathematical” admission that temperamental traits describe an unchangeable basic concept we verify our hypothesis over addicted population.

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El Chapo – the Mexican drug czar whose influence we should all fear

Although we should learn from our mistakes and the mistakes of others, we persist in following the failed tactics of the US in relation to drugs. Our drug problems, which began in Dublin, have gradually spread throughout the country.

Gardaí currently estimate there are around 100 heroin users in Tralee. How long will it be before other places witness the gunplay currently blighting the Finglas area of Dublin?

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A Grounded Theory of Detoxification-Seeking Among Heroin Users in South East Ireland

This study explores a central phenomenon of detoxification-seeking among heroin users in the South East of Ireland, through a grounded theory approach.

The study conceptualises detoxification-seeking as a help-seeking behaviour, experienced by heroin users, but not all, in response to and as a consequence of the complex experience of being heroin dependent, and wanting to become abstinent. The core category, ‘forging a pathway towards abstinence from heroin’, provides an insight into challenges and tasks that research participants undertook when their aim was abstinence.

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Detox or Die Pt 2

Detox or Die

Knowing the score: a doctor addict tells his story

The vein stands up, proud and inviting. The syringe sits on the bedside table, the new orange needle gleaming expectantly.One of the small benefits of being a doctor and an addict is that clean needles are easily available, and the risk of HIV and hepatitis B or C infection is low. I had used a green needle to draw up the drug, a needle that can reach right to the bottom of the ampoule, so that not one drop will be missed. Beside the syringe lies the empty packet of Cyclimorph; the red and blue packaging is so distinctive to me that if it was lying on the road a mile away I would spot it.

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Rebel Angel story of a individual addicted to Heroin in Dublin

Heroin is a highly addictive drug, and its abuse has repercussions that extend far beyond the individual user. The medical and social consequences of drug abuse have a devastating impact on society.This is the story of one Dublin heroin addict.

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Hospital admissions for heroin and cocaine overdoses have more than doubled in Glasgow in just four years, according to official figures.

As part of a week-long look at the drugs problem in the city, the Evening Times obtained exclusive details of people taken to hospitals with overdoses of a range of drugs since 2006.

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Russia to answer for anti-drug effort in UN

The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Russian diplomat Yuri Fedotov to head the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The UN chief praised Fedotov for being highly experienced, knowledgeable about world affairs and fully aware of the responsibilities that come with the job.

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Fight on drugs not tackling poly-drug users, says report

Official figures, which show a fall in the number receiving treatment for heroin addiction, are painting a misleading picture of the drugs problem, new research from NUI Maynooth has found.

A 15-month study of drug users in Dublin’s southwest inner suburbs found almost all drug users, including heroin addicts, used a “cocktail” of substances. It also found that younger users were shunning heroin in favour of crack and powder cocaine, and “street” and prescription tranquillisers.

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