Heroin / Stuart A. Kallen, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press/Thomson Gale, c2006. - 108 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Drugs . - At issue (San Diego, Calif.). Drugs. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-103) and index.

Introduction -- The U.S. drug war in Afghanistan is reducing opium production / The U.S. drug war in Afghanistan undermines antiterrorist efforts / Heroin is an addictive and dangerous drug / The addictive powers of heroin are exaggerated / Media glamorization of heroin influences young people / Heroin maintenance programs can reduce harm to addicts and society / Heroin maintenance programs do not reduce harm to addicts and society / Needle exchange programs slow the spread of AIDS and other diseases / Methadone is nearly as deadly as heroin / Buprenorphine can cure heroin addiction / Ibogaine can cure heroin addiction / Organizations to contact. Michael A. Braun -- Ted Galen Carpenter -- National Institute on Drug Abuse -- Jacob Sullum -- Micheline Duterte ... [et al.] -- David Borden -- Kevin Sabet -- Drug Policy Alliance -- Theodore Dalrymple -- Dannie Martin -- Sebastian Horsley --

ISBN: 0737727152 (lib. hardcover : alk. paper) 0737727160 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780737727159

LCCN: 2006017516

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Drug addicts--Rehabilitation.
Drug control--United States.
Heroin abuse--Treatment.
Heroin abuse--United States.
Heroin abuse.

LC Class. No.: HV5822.H4 / H455 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 362.29/3