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One time in college I did wake up naked in a bush on the UT campus after taking five X pills, a 1/4 oz of shrooms, a few hits of blotter, and smoking a bunch of opium. I don't remember much except that the world turned into a grid of tiny geometrically placed red dots.

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Wow, dude. I can't believe you're still alive. I've pretty sure that would have done me it.
But I can get to you with the blotter. Those were the days.

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It was used for psychotherapy here not that long ago, and it was legal. The information I found made no mention of this earlier connection.
These was some show, also, TLC or.. that made the same claim.
Or again have I come upon a fork in the road and taken the spoon.

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the only health risk from quality opiates is overdose.

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unless you overdose, opiate use doesn't affect lifespan or mental acuity.

the first list of nasty stuff listed are temporary side effects, the second is withdrawl and getting dopesick. the thing is, despite the dramatics of the symptoms you can tie a heroin addict to a lampost, come back three days later and find them alive, the same isn't always true when it comes to serious drinkers or housewives who eat benzos like cookiemonster. BP-up, heart go pop. me garfield. roar.

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Specific risks depending on form of administration:
If snorted: damage to the nasal septum and mucous membranes.
If smoked: damage to bronchial tubes and lungs
If injected: inflamed veins and, in the case of contaminated injection needles and pumps, infectious diseases (hepatitis C, HIV, AIDS, fungal and bacterial infections).

General risks:
With regular use, damage to the organs may occur due to impurities in the heroin, constipation and decreased sex drive. The intensity of the effect continuously decreases and so the dose has to be increased constantly in order to attain the same effect (development of tolerance). Regular injection, snorting or smoking of heroin may result in addiction (psychological dependency). With daily use, there is also the risk of the development of physical dependency, resulting in withdrawal symptoms when heroin is not used (running nose, tears in the eyes, restlessness and anxiety, shivering, diarrhoea, vomiting, disturbed sleep).

When the money is sporadic the symptoms are constant. No junkey can keep the money flowing forever.

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there's something between mormonism and street junkie. if you're using something with the physical addiction pattern h has on a daily basis, you had to get there somewhere and it wasn't 0-100mph. either you're the type who gets their license taken away and reinstated every 8 months because you can't figure out how to not drive like an asshole or you are a free being. if the latter is true, you had tons of chances to get off the highway and chose self-destruction. lots of those people who aren't so mentally helpless as the guy who commits a third felony usually are in some kind of discomfort we can't understand. if lexapro worked, there wouldn't be scotch or smack. if you're really hurt, really narcoleptic, etc. the best doctors in the country will all prescribe opiates and desoxyn, which are street drugs with a safety-seal.

the vast majority of people who were "well" when they tried hard drugs are not deranged homeless people. sammurah is fighting an alley rat for a peice of bologna as i write this and she's sober.

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P.S. I read about the theory of reciprocity. Interesting stuff.

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I am at the embryonic stage of my investigation of this theory. But it is very intriguing. I have already spent countless hours on it.