By Suzanne Kane
When you are in the grip of heroin, it seems like you’ll never be free of it. Heroin addiction is one of the most difficult drugs to overcome, it’s true, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. You do need to be prepared for a long haul. And you do need courage and conviction.
Amy Winehouse, the 25-year-old British singer who consistently makes headlines due to alcohol and drug abuse, is “in denial” over her drug addiction and continues to drink heavily, according to her parents. Janis Winehouse, her mother, said that “the need to rescue her is enormous. Amy is in denial all the time.”
In a report issued by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), the National Drug Threat Assessment 2009, heroin is listed as the number four leading drug threat in the U.S. The good news is that, according to the report, Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin availability and distribution are limited. The bad news is that now some Nigerian criminal groups that are distributing the Southwest Asian heroin are trying to increase the drug’s distribution in some markets where Southwest Asian heroin had not previously been available.