[shin_lao]

I wonder how this business man was doing with his teeth, pancreas and kidneys.

I also wonder how his control of heroin would hold should he lose his job or his wife.

Isn't the danger of such drugs in the things they whisper to your ears when you're beholding the abyss?

[ZoFreX]

> I wonder how this business man was doing with his teeth, pancreas and kidneys.

Would uncut, correctly dosed heroin have an effect on those?

[sverige]

Where are you going to find uncut heroin? Are you going to join the Taliban?

[jrabone]

Diamorphine is used medically. Pretty sure that isn't cut with anything.

[ZoFreX]

Wasn't planning on it, was just wondering whether uncut H would have those effects or not. If not, then if anything it's an argument in favour of regulation.

[sverige]

I had a good friend whose first taste was uncut or nearly uncut China white while he was in Viet Nam. He kicked when he got back stateside in 1970, then used again for a time in the late '70s. He drank a lot and used cocaine at different times, too. He died of liver failure this spring at the ripe age of 62. I tend to believe the alcohol did most of the damage, but he thought the powders contributed a lot to it too. Hard to say without some kind of controlled study on a large population, I suppose. My scientific curiosity doesn't extend far enough to make such a study worth it.

[Synaesthesia]

I don't think pure heroin has those side effects, intense constipation is the worst. (although that can be very bad)

[JackpotDen]

People grow that stuff as well.