Monthly Archives: January 2022

Processed with morphine, which is derived from poppy plants, it is usually found in powder form, but there are various ways heroin is made, affecting its purity. Pure heroin looks like a white powder and may be smoked or snorted. Darker, more impure heroin is diluted or dissolved, and then injected into one’s skin, muscles, […]

Abstract Background In several countries, especially in Africa, the dominant method of heroin intake is smoking a joint of cannabis laced with heroin. There is no data exploring the impact of smoking heroin with cannabis on treatment outcomes. Aim To compare treatment outcomes between people who inject heroin and people who smoke heroin with cannabis. […]