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The Death and Resurrection of Opiates: Heroin Use Has Only Just Begun

Vista Taos - Thursday, October 18, 2012

So, do you know anyone, or are acquainted with someone who has a drug and/or alcohol addiction? Does their addiction involve opiates? What drug were they using and for how long? Are you willing to get a group of people together for an intervention, so that this person can go to a rehab, especially one that is known to work very well? If so, then you have come to the right place.

Vista Taos Renewal Center is more than just a regular drug rehab in Albuquerque. It is a powerful form of recovery that an addict will be able to incorporate into his or her life forever. Vista Taos is a private rehabilitation center with a minimum 30 day stay. Do the research for yourself, and you will find that this is a place that has everything an addict needs to relax and learn to stay sober. They will teach you how to continue using the tools learned to win the victory over the war on drugs that is going on in their lives.

The number one most difficult addiction to overcome is opiate addiction. There are many different forms of opiates that addicts use besides heroin. They even use opiates such as methadone and suboxone to treat opiate addiction since it is so difficult to overcome. The following news report proves this difficulty. It also shows how the war being waged has been lost between government’s regulations on medications, the addicts who were previously addicted to this medication, and the companies who are selling it legally, even though what they are doing appears to be similar to a heroin street peddler.

Did you know that OxyContin and the way it was used by addicts in the past has now changed? This is a very recent change. The title of the news story is: "Big Pharma's OxyContin Addicts Being Forced to Heroin: War on Drugs is Complete Failure." That should say it all. Are you the least bit surprised? Neither are we.

Since BigPharm decided to make OxyContin different so that the medication could no longer be snorted or shot up as it could previously, many addicts had turned to heroin to fill that need. OxyContin was the strongest prescription opiate, and therefore, somewhat "safer" to use instead of heroin, since it was an approved pharmaceutical. Safer from the persepctive of knowing what was in the drug.  Now that they have changed OxyContin so that people would stop using it in these other ways, those same people had to do the unthinkable to achieve similar result: Using Heroin, a cheaper and widely available alternative. This is not an attempt to condone using OxyContin as the news story describes.

If the government allows pill factories for the sake of Big Pharma's income, then why change a medication that was once making them lots of money?  Heroin is not only worse, but it can be easily overdosed on. OxyContin doesn't have any unknown substances in it, it is a pure pharmaceutical, albeit highly addictive substance and typically prescribed by a physician or pain management clinic.  Abusing OxyContin, other prescription based opioid or heroin or using them illicitly wreaks havoc in the lives of many individuals.   If you need help winning this war within yourself, please fill out the Vista Taos Admissions Inquiry Form, and a staff member will get in touch with you or simply call for more information.

The Death and Resurrection of Opiates: Heroin Use Has Only Just Begun

Vista Taos - Thursday, October 18, 2012

So, do you know anyone, or are acquainted with someone who has a drug and/or alcohol addiction? Does their addiction involve opiates? What drug were they using and for how long? Are you willing to get a group of people together for an intervention, so that this person can go to a rehab, especially one that is known to work very well? If so, then you have come to the right place.

Vista Taos Renewal Center is more than just a regular drug rehab in Albuquerque. It is a powerful form of recovery that an addict will be able to incorporate into his or her life forever. Vista Taos is a private rehabilitation center with a minimum 30 day stay. Do the research for yourself, and you will find that this is a place that has everything an addict needs to relax and learn to stay sober. They will teach you how to continue using the tools learned to win the victory over the war on drugs that is going on in their lives.

The number one most difficult addiction to overcome is opiate addiction. There are many different forms of opiates that addicts use besides heroin. They even use opiates such as methadone and suboxone to treat opiate addiction since it is so difficult to overcome. The following news report proves this difficulty. It also shows how the war being waged has been lost between government’s regulations on medications, the addicts who were previously addicted to this medication, and the companies who are selling it legally, even though what they are doing appears to be similar to a heroin street peddler.

Did you know that OxyContin and the way it was used by addicts in the past has now changed? This is a very recent change. The title of the news story is: "Big Pharma's OxyContin Addicts Being Forced to Heroin: War on Drugs is Complete Failure." That should say it all. Are you the least bit surprised? Neither are we.

Since BigPharm decided to make OxyContin different so that the medication could no longer be snorted or shot up as it could previously, many addicts had turned to heroin to fill that need. OxyContin was the strongest prescription opiate, and therefore, somewhat "safer" to use instead of heroin, since it was an approved pharmaceutical. Safer from the persepctive of knowing what was in the drug.  Now that they have changed OxyContin so that people would stop using it in these other ways, those same people had to do the unthinkable to achieve similar result: Using Heroin, a cheaper and widely available alternative. This is not an attempt to condone using OxyContin as the news story describes.

If the government allows pill factories for the sake of Big Pharma's income, then why change a medication that was once making them lots of money?  Heroin is not only worse, but it can be easily overdosed on. OxyContin doesn't have any unknown substances in it, it is a pure pharmaceutical, albeit highly addictive substance and typically prescribed by a physician or pain management clinic.  Abusing OxyContin, other prescription based opioid or heroin or using them illicitly wreaks havoc in the lives of many individuals.   If you need help winning this war within yourself, please fill out the Vista Taos Admissions Inquiry Form, and a staff member will get in touch with you or simply call for more information.

Morphine Derivative Under Watch by DEA

Vista Taos - Monday, August 29, 2011

A new opiate drug is making its rounds overseas and it’s only a matter of time before the U.S. deals with this dangerous drug. This designer drug called Krokodil is a derivative of the powerful drug morphine, and what makes this drug so frightening is the awful side effects that users experience. Side effects include but are not limited to turning skin greenish in color, scaly and eventually causing it to completely rot away.

Krokodil, also known as desomorphine, has mainly shown up in Russia, where over 65 million doses have been seized in just three months time. The DEA has closely monitored this drug hoping to keep it out of the United States. Opiate addiction is one of the hardest addictions to overcome and this dangerous drug is no different from any other opiate-derived medication.

The drug is mainly made from mixing codeine with gasoline, iodine, paint thinner, red phosphorous and hydrochloric acid. In Russia, codeine is easily made available over the counter, while in the U.S. you must have a prescription. Krokodil is known to have the same effects as heroin, but is supposedly much cheaper to make which is why it is becoming more prevalent in the drug world. Sadly, in Russia, individuals are shooting up this potentially deadly opiate mix so much that it has become an epidemic in their county.

At the drug injection site, Krokodil literally kills the skin and causes non-repairable damage to the body. This opiate drug is completely self-destructive and incredibly addictive. At Vista Taos Renewal Center, they can provide help and assistance in overcoming opiate addiction and leading a healthier lifestyle.

Opiate addiction is not something a person can overcome by themselves. With the help of Vista Taos, they can turn their life around and make positive changes and kick a deadly habit at the same time.

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