600,000 Canadians have a criminal record for simple possession of marijuana From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant. Bayer marketed heroin as a cure for morphine addiction before it was discovered that heroin is rapidly metabolized into morphine, and as such, "heroin" was basically only a quicker acting form of morphine. The company was somewhat embarrassed by this new finding and it became a historical blunder for Bayer. Attending a drug rehab may be necessary when a person is severely addicted to drugs or alcohol and wants help to stop using. Most people attempt to stop taking drugs on their own and some succeed. Unfortunately, many severe drug abusers find that it is not as easy as they anticipated, achieving abstinence and they end up using again. You should of course attempt to stop on your own first and if that fails enrolling into a treatment program would be the next option. For those in the upper ranks of heroin trafficking, business can be enormously lucrative. For decades the Mafia has been involved in heroin trafficking operations, including the “French Connection” of the 1950s and 1960s and the more recent “Pizza Connection,” which used pizza parlors as fronts. Other trafficking groups are more loosely based on ethnic or national ties; for example, groups of Chinese, Thai, Nigerian, or Mexican nationals have operated in different parts of the country. | 
