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This is Heroin | Paperback

by Robert Ashton (Author)

List Price: $9.95  

Binding:  Paperback
Publisher:  Sanctuary Publishing
Page Count:  200 Pages
Publication Date:  October 25, 2002
Sales Rank:  969,580th


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Product Description
This is Heroin is a guide for all people interested in or concerned about heroin. It is an unflinching, objective study into the place of this drug in today's society.


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)

wrong info about shannon hoon... 3 Stars
April 21, 2004
This book says that Shannon Hoon was 23 and died of a heroin overdose. That is incorrect. He was 28, and died of a cocaine overdose.

best drug book by warren bramley (Los Angeles, USA) 5 Stars
December 05, 2002
This is one of the best drug books I've read. Loads of informed stuff about H - all of it true. And I should know. Facts and figures, but also a lot of stories too.

Great Smack by warren bramley (Los Angeles, USA) 5 Stars
November 22, 2002
If you want to know about Horse then this book tells it all. Great stuff on the culture of candy, the celebs who use it, the dealers who sell it and the users who abuse it. Everything you ever wanted to know about H and more.

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