The
Yale Journal of Medicine and Law, 2009
“Years
after a heroin addiction, a completely rehabilitated 38 year old man
begins to feel the urge to shoot a needle again. The feelings of
immortality, the sense of being atop the world, and the illusion
that anything is possible all crowd his conscience. He craves the
euphoria and the days when he could escape the stress of the working
world. Everything begins to remind him of those days, from the
shoddy, deserted street of his local dealer to the red brick building
where he used to hide his needles. His mind begins to feel impaired,
his vision swirls, and his cravings deepen. He doesn’t understand
why he feels this way—he was done, the drug was out of his system,
he was healthy again. Weeks later, he relapses and doctors are
shocked. The last time he felt like this was over 18 years ago. The
withdrawal stages had passed. Was the drug not removed from his
memory and his brain?”
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