News and Politics | September 03, 2008 | 5 comments

Valium makes a comeback during heroin shortage

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/sep/03/drugsandalcohol.drugstrade?gusrc=rss&feed=netw...

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The "mother's little helper" prescription pill popular among British suburban housewives in the 1960s and 1970s is back. This time, though, the little pills, aka diazepam, are being used by class A drug users as a cheap alternative to heroin.

According to the 2008 Druglink magazine street drug trends survey published today, the rise in popularity of diazepam in the last year "reflects a drop in the quality and availability of street heroin in some parts of the country." The crackdown on opium crops is having an effect on heroin supply, and apparently good quality heroin is harder to come by.
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5 comments // Valium makes a comeback during heroin shortage

  • Owwmykneecap
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      Owwmykneecap  

    • "reflects a drop in the quality and availability of street heroin in some parts of the country."

      The first part is possible, the second is horseshit.
      I live in a town of about 12,000 is people and could get you heroin in no time.
      Someone in a city would have no probs at all...

      also I don't see valium as being the alt for junkies.
      I know people who take it who have never and would never touch heroin.

    • 3 years ago
  • LindseyIndigo
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      LindseyIndigo  

    • Ooh, that picture of pills is pretty. If you scroll down the page reeeeally fast it makes all the little pills spin in circles, like rainbows and dancing, spinny Pac Men. Which one is it that makes you hallucinate again?

    • 3 years ago
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