The withdrawal syndrome from heroin (or any other short-acting opioid) can begin within 6 hours of discontinuation of sustained use of the drug: sweating, malaise, anxiety, depression, persistent and intense penile erection in males (priapism), general feeling of heaviness, cramp-like pains in the limbs, yawning and lachrymation, sleep difficulties, cold sweats, chills, severe muscle and bone aches not precipitated by any physical trauma, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, gooseflesh (hence, the term "cold turkey"), cramps, and fever occur. Many ...

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Many countries and local governments have instituted programs to supply sterile needles to people who inject illegal drugs in order to reduce some of these contingent risks. While needle exchanges have demonstrated an immediate public health benefit, some see such programs as tacit acceptance of illicit drug use. The United States does not support needle exchanges federally by law, though some of its state and local governments do. A heroin overdose is usually treated with an opioid antagonist, such as naloxone (Narcan) or naltrexone, ...

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Amazon feminism is dedicated to the image of the female hero in fiction and in fact, as it is expressed in art and literature in the physiques and feats of female athletes, martial artists, and other powerfully built women, and in gender-related and sexual orientations. Amazon feminism is concerned about physical equality and is opposed to gender role stereotypes and discrimination against women based on assumptions that women are supposed to be, look or behave ...

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Agony (Greek αγωνία, agonía "the suffering, the struggle") is unbearable suffering. Agony is mentioned in various religions, as among Christians who point to the suffering of Christ along the Via Dolorosa and on the cross, and among Jews who point to the ethnic catastrophe of the Holocaust in Germany's Third Reich. Agony is suffered in some terminal illnesses such as cancer, sometimes scarcely relieved even by heroin. In many U.S. hospitals, pain is measur ...

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Poonam Dhillon is an Indian movie actress who started her career with Trishul and subsequently Noorie, which catapulted her to the ranks of upcoming heroines in the late seventies. Other related archivesTrishul

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Smoking may refer to: Smoke, a product of fire. The recreational inhalation of smoke containing drugs, such as from tobacco, cannabis, hashish, cocaine, DMT, heroin, PCP, or methamphetamine. Tobacco smoking. Smoking, a method for curing food. Smoking, a film by Alain Resnais. See also smoker. Other related archivesAlain Resnais, DMT, PCP, Smoke, Smoking, Toba

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92 Undina (un-dee'-na) is a large main belt asteroid. It has a very bright surface and it is probably composed of pure nickel-iron. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 7, 1867. It is named the eponymous heroine of Undine, a popular novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. … | Previous minor planet | 92 Undina | Next ...

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Belinda (be-lin'-da) is a moon of Uranus. It is named after the heroine of Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock. Other than its size and orbit, virtually nothing is known about it. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 1986-01-13, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 5. It is also designated Uranus XIV. There is a ...

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Cressida (kres'-i-da) is a moon of Uranus. It was named after the Trojan daughter of Calchas, a tragic heroine who appears in William Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida (as well as in tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and others). Other than its size and orbit, virtually nothing is known about it. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on 1986-01-09, ...

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A woman is an adult female human, as contrasted with a man (an adult male), and a girl, (a female child). The term woman (irregular plural: women) is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions, or both. Woman - Etymology. The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old Englis ...

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AB may mean: One of the human blood types Alberta, a Canadian province (postal code) Aberdeen, United Kingdom post code "Able-Bodied", as used by some members of the disabled community Abscesses caused by injections, especially heroin injection Aktiebolag (AB (Sweden) Ab (Finland)), Swedish for "corporation," similar to Aktiengesellschaft or Inc. Amyloid beta, a peptide involved in Alzheimer's disease Artium Baccalaureus, Latin for Bachelo ...

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Alias may refer to: In culture: Alias (TV series), an American television series. Alias (comics), an American comic book. Alias (rapper), the pseudonym of a rap artist who founded and records for anticon. Alias (band), a rock and roll band from Canada. Alias (Restaurant), a restaurant on Clinton Street in New York City. The heroine ...

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Heroin - Manufacturing. Heroin is produced for the black market through opium refinement processes. Unlike drugs such as LSD, the production of which requires considerable expertise in chemistry and access to constituents which are now tightly controlled, the refinement of heroin from opium is a relatively simple process requiring only moderate technical know-how and common chemicals. First morphine is isolated from the crude opium and then reacted with acetic anhydride, a chemical also used in the product ...

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Opiates are strong central nervous system depressants, but regular users develop physiological tolerance allowing gradually increased dosages. In combination with other central nervous system depressants, heroin may still kill experienced users. Toxicology studies of heroin-related deaths reveal frequent involvement of other central nervous system depressants, including alcohol, benzodiazepines such as diazepam (valium), and occasionally methadone. Ironically, benzodiazepines and methadone are ofte ...

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Recreational uses: Euphoria Relaxation Other uses: Pain relief Cough suppressant anti-diarrheal Alcohol Barbiturates Stimulants Other opioids Severe: Respiratory arrest Spontaneous abortion Atypical sensations: ? Cardiovascular: See also:

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Redheaded Patsy Walker, her parents Stanley and Betty, her boyfriend Robert "Buzz" Baxter, and her raven-haired friendly rival Hedy Wolfe appeared from the 1940s through 1967 in issues of Miss America, Teen Comics, Girls' Life, and namesake series Patsy Walker and its spinoffs: Patsy and Hedy, Patsy and Her Pals and the single-issue A Date with Patsy. These were popular teen-humor comics from Marvel's 1940s and 1950s predecessors, Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, respectively. Attesting to its ...

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Many of his works (Ghost in the Shell, Dominion: Tank Police, Appleseed) follow a common form: a strong female law enforcement officer/warrior battles external threats while facing difficulties from internal politics, in a near-future setting with strong cyberpunk influences. His female lead characters (Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, Leona in Tank Police, Deunan in Appleseed, and Seska in Orion) tend to look very similar ...

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As the name implies, “freebase” is the base form of cocaine, as opposed to the salt form of cocaine hydrochloride. Whereas cocaine hydrochloride is extremely soluble in water, cocaine base is insoluble in water and is therefore not suitable for drinking, snorting or injecting. Cocaine hydrochloride is not well-suited for smoking because the temperature at which it vaporizes is very high, and close to the temperature at which it burns; however, cocaine base vaporizes at a low tempera ...

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Dublin and its inhabitants were transformed by the upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries in Ireland. These saw the first thorough English conquest of the whole island under the Tudor dynasty. While the Old English community of Dublin and the Pale were happy with the conquest and disarmament of the native Irish, they were deeply alienated by the Protestant reformation that had taken place in England, being all almost all Roman Catholics. In addition, they were angered by being forced to pay for the English garrisons of the country through ...

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