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"That is, it affects the brain in essentially the same way as opiate drugs—morphine and heroin, for example—albeit not as strongly. This effect helps explain why people crave sugar, especially during times of stress. How do we know that sugar has this effect? In controlled studies, researchers use a medication called naloxone as a research tool. Naloxone is normally used in emergency rooms to block the effects of heroin or other opiates. If a person has overdosed on heroin, doctors inject naloxone, which blocks the heroin (and any other narcotic) from attaching to receptors in the brain." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Did you know that heroin was invented by the same person who invented aspirin for Bayer? The history of Big Pharma's connection to illicit drugs is shrouded in secrecy, but a little digging uncovers some fascinating facts that drug companies would prefer you never knew: ** heroin was launched as a medicine by Felix Hoffman, an employee of Bayer, only a few days after he invented aspirin. Bayer immediately applied for a trademark on the term "heroin," then began marketing the drug as a cure for morphine addiction. It was also marketed as cough syrup for children!" - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Receptors in our brains account for our addiction to nicotine, heroin, and cocaine, and similar cravings have been identified for fat and sugars, as well. The way to break the fat habit is to abstain entirely from eating it—just as those who use heroin, cocaine, and nicotine must give them up once and for all. We have all seen what happens with many people who go on reduced-fat diets in order to lose weight. A diet that permits even a modest amount of animal, dairy, and oil fat still feeds the habit. The craving remains." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Naloxone is normally used in emergency rooms to block the effects of heroin or other opiates. If a person has overdosed on heroin, doctors inject naloxone, which blocks the heroin (and any other narcotic) from attaching to receptors in the brain. A comatose drug addict, previously on the verge of death, rapidly awakens with a dose of naloxone. Researchers have given naloxone to volunteers and offered them various sugary foods. They then measured how much the volunteers ate and compared the results to those of the same test done without naloxone." - Neal D. Barnard and Bryanna Clark Grogan, Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs (Get the book.)

"Then the technology became linked to the opium trade, enabling the illicit production of heroin. Bayer also invented methadone, which is synthetic morphine. This was to be used as a painkiller in World War II. Eli Lilly and Dupont are American manufacturers of methadone. Today, methadone is used as a treatment for heroin addiction. Drug companies profits from both sides of the problem. Many of the chemicals used to make cocaine, such as ammonium chloride, acetic anhydride, acetone, hydrochloric acid, and ether are also used to transform opium into morphine and heroin." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.) "Drug Companies and Narcotics In the early 1900s, Bayer discovered how to synthesize heroin from the opium poppy. At first, it was marketed as a remedy for morphine addiction and as a cough suppressant for children. Then the technology became linked to the opium trade, enabling the illicit production of heroin. Bayer also invented methadone, which is synthetic morphine. This was to be used as a painkiller in World War II. Eli Lilly and Dupont are American manufacturers of methadone. Today, methadone is used as a treatment for heroin addiction." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"Increasing evidence indicates that AIDS may be a toxicity syndrome or metabolic disorder that is caused by immunity risk factors, including heroin, sex-enhancement drugs, antibiotics, commonly prescribed AIDS drugs, rectal intercourse, starvation, malnutrition, and dehydration. Dozens of prominent scientists working at the forefront of AIDS research now openly question the virus hypothesis of AIDS. Find out why! Ending the AIDS Myth also shows you what really causes the shutdown of the immune system and what you can do to avoid this." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Today, methadone is used as a treatment for heroin addiction. Drug companies profits from both sides of the problem. Many of the chemicals used to make cocaine, such as ammonium chloride, acetic anhydride, acetone, hydrochloric acid, and ether are also used to transform opium into morphine and heroin. These chemicals are made by Eli Lilly, Dupont, and others. Why Was Eli Lilly Involved in Homeland Security? One of the sixteen members of Bush's original Homeland Security Advisory Council was none other than Sidney Taurel, chairman, president, and CEO of Eli Lilly." - Byron J. Richards, Fight for Your Health: Exposing the FDA's Betrayal of America (Get the book.)

"The history of Big Pharma's connection to illicit drugs is shrouded in secrecy, but a little digging uncovers some fascinating facts that drug companies would prefer you never knew: ** heroin was launched as a medicine by Felix Hoffman, an employee of Bayer, only a few days after he invented aspirin. Bayer immediately applied for a trademark on the term "heroin," then began marketing the drug as a cure for morphine addiction. It was also marketed as cough syrup for children! <•* Parke-Davis, a subsidiary of Pfizer, promoted and sold cocaine." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"The way to break the fat habit is to abstain entirely from eating it—just as those who use heroin, cocaine, and nicotine must give them up once and for all. We have all seen what happens with many people who go on reduced-fat diets in order to lose weight. A diet that permits even a modest amount of animal, dairy, and oil fat still feeds the habit. The craving remains. And the moment the diet is completed—or, more often, fails—the dieter too frequently returns to his or her old habits of eating and regains the lost weight." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"Renowned in certain Upper East Side circles for having published translations of sixth-century Latin poets at the age of twenty as well as for getting near-perfect scores on his SATs while tripping on LSD, Karp's career as a high-powered stockbroker crumbled as he became addicted to heroin. At one point, he was flying regularly by Concorde from Paris to New York to score drugs. He even became a dealer. After going through recovery, he reinvented himself as a fruit connoisseur to impress a girl he was in love with. Although he didn't get the girl, he did become a fruit junky." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "In addition to being a profound hallucinatory experience, iboga eliminates withdrawal symptoms associated with opiate dependency. heroin addicts have posted online reports of their habit-kicking trips to Cameroon, where extortionate priests in zombie-white face paint orchestrate nauseating rites lasting up to six days. Iboga detox clinics have sprung up in Canada, Mexico and Europe, although the plant remains banned in the United States. Leaving the iboga, we come to a shady corner of the garden where another outlawed plant languishes in obscurity. " - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "Wmos are addicted to fermented grapes, and heroin addicts are addicted to sap of the poppy fruit. In Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape, the narrator believes himself to be addicted to bananas, and in one of his recordings vehemently admonishes himself to "Cut'em out!" History's most excessive pomophile was Emperor Claudius Albinus, who ate ten melons a day, alongside five hundred figs, one hundred peaches and mounds of grapes. Emperor Diocletian abdicated his reign in order to dedicate himself to his beloved fruit trees." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"A heroin addict who is about to die from a respiratory arrest due to an overdose of heroin will be fully awake and recovered in seconds after an injection of naloxone and will also then immediately exhibit severe withdrawal symptoms. Naloxone displaces the heroin from the brain's opiate receptors and therefore counters the respiratory depression caused by the heroin. Since the discovery of enkephalins in 1975, a number of other naturally occurring brain opioids have been uncovered, and some are considerably more potent than morphine." - Robert Ornstein, David Sobel, The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy (Get the book.)

"BOB I was a heroin addict and methadone user until 2001.1 was depressed, physically weak with elevated blood pressure and glaucoma. My hair was thinning. It was time for a change. I did not attend a support group but booked a consultation with Luanne Pennessi at Metropolitan Wellness Center and began a series of drips under the care of a naturopathic physician. Green and red powders, supplements, and a vegan diet changed my body and returned me to my health. My blood pressure is normal. I no longer have glaucoma. I consider Gary to be my teacher and follow the protocol." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Marijuana was accused of causing heroin addiction, and heroin was said to be part of a communist plot to destroy America. During the course of Senate hearings on a potential narcotics act, fifteen of the twenty-seven addicts who testified stated that marijuana was the first substance they had used before graduating to heroin. Several other "expert witnesses" affirmed a connection between marijuana and heroin.3 The few dissenting voices included jurists who felt that mandatory minimum sentencing deprived the courts of the judicial discretion basic to American law." - Rowan Robinson, The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant (Get the book.)

"When diverted from their legitimate use," continued the Director, "[these drugs] are highly addictive narcotics that the body perceives exactly as if the person were taking heroin." I showed the quote to Fran first thing next morning. "They are hiding more than they are revealing." "I can't talk before my first cup of coffee," she replied in a weak voice. I was silent. "What do they mean by 'legitimate,' Fran asked, ten minutes later, her large mug half empty. "I don't know, but our government actually maintains that marijuana is the most commonly used illegitimate drug." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"And while the lives of those addicted to hard drugs such as crack or heroin or crystal meth look drastically different than the lives of those who use or abuse drugs without being hooked, the same principles apply to their brains. Which is to say that the lessons of Odyssey House apply to anyone who struggles with self-control, including those who think of themselves as having addictive personalities. Scientists are now characterizing behavior such as gambling, compulsive shopping, and even overeating in the same biological terms they use to explain substance abuse." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Cocaine and heroin addicts have lost certain key chemicals that need to be replaced. The cocaine and the crack cocaine user are firing off norepinephrine like the fourth of July. That's what creates that feeling they love that is so shortlived. Of course, the neurotransmitter has to be reloaded, which is done by taking large amounts of tyrosine. Also helpful is D-phenylalanine, which makes endorphins. Now, this is not L-phenylalanine; this is D-phenylalanine and it will help replace what the cocaine user has depleted. According to Dr." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "In Oregon, heroin addicts must try acupuncture before getting methadone. The "last frontier" in recognizing how addictive a society we are comes in the attention being paid to substance abuse among the elderly. It is now estimated that 2.5 million older adults have alcohol-related problems, often missed by physicians who mistake symptoms like falling or gastritis for problems associated with aging. Elderly females have less alcoholism as a group, but more depression and more problems from prescription drugs, as well as high rates of nicotine dependence." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Ritalin is a popular street drug, and in some cities it's sold for a price that is approximately equivalent to that of heroin. Depressive drugs can also be alluring to people with ADHD, particularly those who chronically feel hyperactive and overstimulated. Alcohol is by far the most commonly abused depressant in America, accounting for 18 million alcoholics. Many of these alcoholics have severe deficits of dopamine, as do many people with ADHD." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "Other depressants that are often abused by people with ADHD are heroin, pharmaceutical painkillers such as Vicodin, and anti-anxiety drugs such as Valium and Xanax. Self-medication by ADHD adults appears to be increasing in incidence of late, because controlled pharmaceutical substances are now easier than ever to acquire, due to their availability on the Internet. In addition, adults with ADHD are more vulnerable than most people to the overuse of less acutely harmful substances, such as nicotine, caffeine, and even sugary foods." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Perfect safety is the goal of the heroin addict as well as the alcoholic who drinks him- or herself into a stupor of oblivion. We will do anything for absolute safety—for the possibility of living a life where nothing or no one can harm us. Real safety, on the other hand, is always relative safety, since in the real world there is no absolute safety. Tomorrow your routine bloodwork taken during your annual physical can be the beginning of a fight to survive. Your friend or relative may die of a heart attack. A good business can go sour. A secure job can be lost." - Roger Gould, Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Get the book.)

"Only Schedule I drugs, which include cocaine, heroin, and other drugs with no legal purpose, are more tightly controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration. With children getting ready to return to school in August 2001, Celltech ran ads for Metadate CD, a pill made with methylphenidate, which is also the active ingredient in Ritalin. It can swiftly become a habit if it is misused. The Metadate ads ran in the back-to-school section of magazines like the Ladies' Home Journal, where they were tucked among the promotions for Life cereal, bologna, and Jell-O pudding." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"These drugs are more addictive than heroin, caffeine, and nicotine taken together. They make it nearly impossible for their "victims" to abstain from overeating. Their disastrous effects on the human body are well documented, and the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and food industry have known about it for many years. The food industry has only one incentive: to make people consume more food." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The researchers found in their surveys that more Americans admitted they had abused prescription drugs than the combined numbers of those admitting to using cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, or heroin. Most alarming was the 212 percent rise of prescription drug abuse found among teenagers during those years. Some parents had become unwitting drug pushers, the researchers said, by filling their bathroom cabinets with addictive prescription narcotics, depressants, and stimulants. But there was more behind the rise in addiction than medicine chests stocked full." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"It was rooted in such facts as these: HEROIN Heroin-related arrests tripled during the 1970s, which matched the number of those who died from heroin overdoses. From 1976 to 1985, addicts entering hospitals doubled and then doubled again. In 1985, 580 IV drug users died in hospitals, a death rate that increased to 2,483 by 1990. From 1992 to 1993, heroin-related hospital emergencies increased 44 percent, according to the Department of Health and Human Services." - Gary Null, James Feast, AIDS: A Second Opinion (Get the book.)

"They showed how the fastest-growing danger of abuse and addiction for the nation's children in the early twenty-first century was not from cocaine flowing in from a South American drug cartel or from ecstasy, heroin, or the other illegal substances that have long been the focus of the nation's "War on Drugs.'' Instead, it came from prescription pills legally manufactured on U.S. soil and sitting in Americans' medicine chests." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Both drugs are opioids, a class of painkillers that also includes the illegal drug heroin. The boy told the authorities he had taken the narcotics from his parents' lockbox. He took them, he said, "for fun and to get high." He gave two tablets to a girl on the school bus. The fourteen-year-old girl then gave one of the pills to another eighth-grade girl inside Union Township Middle School. The three students were arrested and taken to the county's Juvenile Detention Center." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"BISER: Worse than heroin? Herbalist: Worse than heroin. Nothing, nothing comes close to the addictive nature of nicotine. I could hardly get my patients off it until I started using the lobelia. BISER: So we really shouldn't be judging people... Herbalist: Never, never. Sam, I'm telling you, in the 60's, they had a drug which was a mixture of cocaine and heroin called speedballs. And that drug was even easier to get off than cigarettes, and that's both heroin and cocaine. I have never seen anything like it." - Sam Biser, Sam Biser's save your life collection: A Layman's course in curing last-stage diseases (Get the book.)

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