Heroin Doesn't Have to Be a Killer
by Nicholas Kristof
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-heroin-doesnt-have-to-be-a-killer.html?_r=0
This article talks about drug abuse which is done by heroin every year. Heroin kills every day, it takes 44,000 lives. It's a non stop process everywhere, but this article takes place in Baltimore. Ricky Morris was the main person in this article which was addicted too it. He even said "try this, it'll make you feel good." Four years addicted with heroin, when he wouldn't be high on heroin he would sick until he got a hit again. Then he would feel superhuman but then he soon overdosed and almost died. This later opened his eyes more when his brother died from a overdose. Now Ricky is on a drug called methadone which replaces the use of heroin. Every since this he has avoided heroin for four years. Drug abuse is everywhere not just in Baltimore, and it will continue.
Organization: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
This organization goal is to use the knowledge of science to stop drug abuse and drug addiction. The NIDA started back in 1935. Drug abuse started to impact in 1935, then the addition research center began in 1948. They offer treatments to stop certain addictions. Mental illness treatments as well. The Intramural Research Program is in Baltimore, it studies how the brain works to stop this certain drug abuse for both genders. Its national wide and has international training centers for people on the drug abuse field. It also have a research on HIV pass on by injection drug users.
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