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Friday, January 27, 2012 09:03
Two Cases Illustrate the 'Defying Logic' of Heroin Addiction
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tells two stories of heroin addiction. Based on the drug's low prices, high potency and widespread availability -- from the inner city to tony suburbs -- the threat has never been more manifest. "The power of addiction is very strong," said Neil Capretto, medical director at Gateway Rehabilitation Center. "It happens to good people but the drug doesn't care."
In one case, a young white woman originally from an affluent suburb of Austin, Texas, now living in Pennsylvania. Her sister died of a heroin overdose, she herself almost died three times, and now has sworn off the drug. In another case, a 59-year-old black former steel worker with a long criminal record is trying to stop using heroin for the fifth time. Says Dr. Capretto, "He's a good guy, he's a smart guy but he's a human. This drug gets ahold of you and it defies logic. It sends signals to your brain that override your survival mechanism and say 'You need this drug.' "
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