Roar Mikalsen - HUMAN RISING - radiofri..

of morphine daily for most of 37 years. She is alert mentally but is bent with rheumatism.
However, she does physical labor everyday and makes her own living.” (Theodore
Dalrymple, Romancing Opiates: Pharmalogical lies and the addiction bureaucracy (Encounter
Books 2008) s 33.)
John Stossel forteller her om en annen undersøkelse: “In 2005, the British Journal of
Health Psychology reported that a study of 126 long-term heroin users showed that:
‘Participants had levels of occupational status and educational achievement comparable to
that in the general U.K. population, and considerably higher than typically found in heroin
research.’
The researchers advised, ‘Drug research should more fully incorporate previously hidden
populations to more fully inform theory and practice,’ adding that the ‘pharmacological
properties of specific substances should not be assumed to inevitably lead to addictive and
destructive patterns of drug use.’” (John Stossel, Legalize Every Drug, Nysun.com 18. Juni
2008.)
Som vi har vært inne på er det først og fremst forbudets konsekvenser som fører
heroinistene ut i uføret. Og man kan, med kvalitetssikrede doser og en forståelse av hva man
driver med, bruke heroin livet ut uten andre fysiske symptomer enn forstoppelse. Et godt
eksempel på det, er Dr William Stewart Halsted (1852-1922). Han er en av grunnleggerne av
Johns Hopkins hospital i 1889, og en av USAs mest berømte kirurger. Hva som er mindre
kjent, er at han gikk på daglige doser morfin fra han var 34 til han døde i 1922. Han var da 70
år og hadde helt frem til det, god helse og en meget vellykket yrkeskarriere bak seg. (Edward
M. Brecher med flere, The Consumers Union Report - Licit and Illicit Drugs, kapittel 5)
Selv om avhengighetspotensialet er stort, er det langt fra så omfattende som
forbudstilhengerne gir inntrykk av. Rekreativ bruk av også dette stoffet er derfor helt fint
mulig, som sitatene under viser:
“There is no question that some users can mainline heroin only once in a while, usually
shooting the drug only in certain situations — to reduce anxiety in personal relationships, for
example, or to feel good at weekend parties. In street jargon, this sort of occasional use is
known as ‘chipping,’ and it seems that some lucky individuals remain successful chippers
over months and even years. Unfortunately, a high percentage of chippers eventually go on
to become addicted, so the practice is risky. Most junkies began as chippers, and many never
thought they would become addicts.” (Andrew Weil & Winifred Rosen, From Chocolate to
Morphine; Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs (Houghton Mifflin
2004), s 104.)
“In 2005, the British Journal of Health Psychology reported that a study of 126 long-term
heroin users showed that: "Participants had levels of occupational status and educational
achievement comparable to that in the general U.K. population, and considerably higher
than typically found in heroin research."
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