Heroin has been around for a long time and most people who have been part of a drug-based underworld have experienced it in one form or another. They generally come in two groups: those that have been addicted to heroin and didn’t much like what it did to them and those that have friends who have been addicted to heroin and didn’t much like what it did to them. I guess this is why people go on and on about it being ‘evil’ and about how easy it is to become addicted… because this is what they have experienced.
You are right though, pure heroin doesn’t actually do you any physical harm, but it is often cut with stuff that will. As has been said already, the main harm that heroin does is the way it changes good people into not-so good people (in my experience).
I know people who have tried heroin and not become addicted, I know people who tried it for an experiment and were jacking up by the end of the week stealing from their work to pay for it and lying to their friends about it. This tells me that it is something that should be treated with a lot of respect and used cautiosly if at all.
I never tried it (although I have been offered it) because I guessed that it would probably be the sort of thing I would get into and I didn’t want to end up with a habit. If you can enjoy it and not get hooked then I applaud you. It has been said already in this thread though that people often start out saying its fine and its not addictive at all and then find themselves in a position that they didn’t want to end up in (e.g. being shagged up the arse down a dark alley to earn a fiver for a hit… yes, a fiend’s real experience; or what about another friend who decided enough was enough when he was in a car crash and when he started to come round he could feel his missus going through his pockets looking for his heroin, not checking to see if he was OK, checking to see if her next hit was OK).
You want to have a discussion about heroin? Well, that is pretty much exactly what you got. People will bring their own experiences to the table (notice how few of those experiences are along the lines of: ‘I tried it and had a great time, got into it for a while but soon got bored with the awesomeness of the feeling so I hit it on the head’). It is true that most of the people I know who got into heroin say that its The Best Hit, but I can’t think of one who is still alive who would consider doing it again… for old time’s sake.
I’ll say it again, the fact that so many people have experiences and so few of them are positive should tell you as much as you need to know. I know quite a few ex-junies, but I don’t know any who think it was one of their finer moments.
Added to this is the fact that you are clearly loved by many people on PV (despite your numerous ‘cocky posts’ and blatant insults) who don’t want to see another friend lost to a drug that probably isn’t worth the effort and you end up with a whole lot of advice telling you that heroin is evil and you will become addicted… they don’t want to see it happen again. I think you should be greatful that you didn’t get a whole load of posts telling you that it’s OK to keep doing it in small doses every now and again because you will be fine… that sort of behaviour should not be encouraged because it is a very narrow line between doing a drug and being addicted to a drug.
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