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Heroin NARCOTICS are pain-killing drugs that also induce euphoria and are powerful central nervous system depressants that can induce sleep and reduce anxiety. The term narcotic, derived from the Greek word for stupor, originally referred to a variety of substances that induced sleep. In a legal context, narcotic refers to opium, opium derivatives, and their semisynthetic or totally synthetic substitutes. Narcotics can be administered in a variety of ways. Some are taken orally, transdermally (skin patches) or injected. They are also available in suppositories. As drugs of abuse, they are often smoked, sniffed or self-administered by the more direct routes of subcutaneous ("skin popping") and intravenous ("mainlining") injection. Narcotics, including heroin, are very addictive.

--Courtesy of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University

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Web Sites or Documents in Spanish or Portuguese
button The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. La Antidroga.com. La Heroína. Spanish.

button NIDA. INFOFAX. Heroína.
button Drug Strategies. Información veraz y exacta sobre las drogas. Spanish
button National Library of Medicine. MedLine Plus. Heroin. Spanish/English Abuse
button NIDA. NIDA en Español. Heroína. Also, Research Reports: La Heroína: Abuso y Adicción. Spanish

button National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus. Información de Salud para Usted. Escoge "Temas de Salud." "Heroína." Spanish/English

button Brazilian Antidrogas.org. Tipos. Heroína" e "Ópio." Portuguese

button Grupo As drogas e seus efeitos. Escolher Ópiaceos" e "Heroína" da lista de publicaçõess. Incluye: Definição, Efeitos no cérebro, Efeitos no resto do corpo, Efeitos tóxicos, Aspectos gerais. Portuguese

button Proyeto Viver Bem. UNISEFP. Escolhe "Drogas" "Ópio e Morfina." Portuguese



Additional Information in English for General Population

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Narcotics as a Group
button U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). See: Other Drugs: Narcotics.
button ONDCP. Drug Data Summary. Drug Facts. Facts & Figures. Heroin. English



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Heroin
button National Drug Intelligence Center. Heroin - National Drug Threat Assessment 2001
button National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Heroin Update. English
button NIDA. NIDA Research Report on Heroin. English
button Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Heroin Movement Worldwide. English
button CIA. From Flowers to Heroin. English
button Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Drug Guide. Heroin. Includes photos. English
button Office of National Drug Control Policy. Drug Facts: Heroin. English
button D.I.N. Publications. Heroin: The Junk Equation. English


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OxyContin (oxycodone sustained release)
button DEA. Diversion Control Program. Drugs and Chemicals of Concern. OcyCodone. Drug Summary. English

button Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Drug Guide. OxyContin. English

button DEA. Drugs and Chemicals of Concern. Oxycodone (Trade Names: Tylox, Percodan, Oxycontin). English



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Lortab or Vicodin (hydrocodone bitartrate with acetaminophen)


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Methadone
button Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Drug Facts. Fact Sheet on Methadone. English.



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Propoxyphene (Darvon, Darvocet)
button D.I.N. Publications. Darvon, Darvocet and Other Prescription Painkillers
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