Dear Bnut,
The subject you chose is pretty wide, especially considering the usual
scope of a $2.00 question (See:
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However, here are several studies you could use.
Addiction to Heroin
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Heroin Addiction: Theory, Research, and Treatment: Treatment Advances and AIDS
by Jerome J. Platt (1995) (Amazon Link:
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0894648810/qid=1069845501/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-1623766-8268028?v=glance&s=books>).
Case Studies in Psychopharmacology: The Use of Drugs in Psychiatry
by David Taylor, Carol Paton (Paperback - August 2003)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1841841544/qid=1069845673/sr=1-6/ref=sr_1_6/002-1623766-8268028?v=glance&s=books
HEROIN USE, ADDICTION, AND TREATMENT
www.uphs.upenn.edu/recovery/pros/opioids.html
Based on a lecture given by Charles P. O'Brien, MD, PhD to the medical
students of the University of Pennsylvania on September 13, 1995.
Neurobiology of Addictive Behaviors and Relationship to Methadone
Maintenance Barry Stimmel, M.D., and Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Volume 67, Number 5&6, Page 375
Abstract at: www.mssm.edu/msjournal/67/6756375.shtml
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Volume 68, Number 1, Page 21
The Key Extended Entry Program (KEEP): From the Community Side of the
Bridge 21-27 Bryan M. Fallon, Ph.D.
Abstract: www.mssm.edu/msjournal/68/68121.shtml
Effective Medical Treatment of Heroin Addiction (CBM 97-7)
http://0-www.nlm.nih.gov.csulib.ctstateu.edu/
pubs/cbm/heroin_addiction.html - A collection of relevant links.
What is Addiction, and What Causes it?
serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/ neuro02/web1/trajan.html a paper
written by a student.
Addiction
nawrot.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/Courses/
465Projects/opiates/addiction.html - definitions.
Effects of Heroin
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The Mental Effects of Heroin (Encyclopedia of Psychological Disorders)
by Ann Holmes, Carol C. Nadelson (Library Binding - January 1999)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0791048993/qid=1069845738/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1623766-8268028?v=glance&s=books
Narcotics - http://www.cwu.edu/~jenkinsa/narcotics/ - Power Point
Presentations and material.
Heroin: Challenge for the 21st Century. By Susan Gordon, Ph.D. Caron
Foundation. PDF Format. <http://www.caron.org/pdf/Heroin.pdf>
Heroin Effects <http://www.heroin-effects.com/> - drug rehab clinic
with good explanations.
National Families in Action -- Drugs and the Brain -- Effects --
www.emory.edu/NFIA/brain/effects/heroin.html
Frontline, PBS <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/heroin/brain/>
- How HGeroin affects the brain
The effects of Heroin
www.fsus.fsu.edu/general/drugs/Effects_heroin.html
Effects of high-dose heroin versus morphine in intravenous drug -
http://arc.cs.odu.edu:8080/dp9/getrecord/oai_dc/
RePEc/oai:RePEc:rus:gpccsy:72877 - Abstract of an article.
[PDF] Heroin
http://psychiatry.mc.duke.edu/CMRIS/ED/EDpdf/Heroin.pdf
Heroin
http://nawrot.psych.ndsu.nodak.edu/Courses/ 465Projects/opiates/ -
article written by a student.
Medical Usage of Heroin
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The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and
Cultural Context by Daniel M. Perrine (Paperback - September 1996)
(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0841232539/qid=1069845836/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-1623766-8268028?v=glance&s=books)
- pp. 65-66 (non medical: 67 onwards).
Also - Taylor, Paton (described above)
Heroin <http://vsa.vassar.edu/~source/drugs/heroin.html>
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: USES & EFFECTS
http://www.ps.vt.edu/downloads/D&A/Cont_Substances.htm
I hope this answers your question. I searched for these terms using
the site:edu suffix, in order to reduce commercial sites.
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