All work on the "An Addict's View" website is protected by international copyright law.

There used to be brief statements at the bottom of each page to this effect, but I have had so many requests from students and other people wanting to copy, use or quote information from this site, that I figured that I may save a lot of you some time and effort if I state my copyright rules more explicitly.

Wherever, below, I refer to 'information' on this site, this includes pictures, excerpts, whole pages, quotes, or anything else.

• If you wish to use information on this site for research papers, school reports, essays or any NON-PROFIT educational use, that is most welcome. If you could send me a copy of your work that would be appreciated; this is not a condition of use, I'd just be interested to see how it was used.

• If you wish to use information on this site in the media, you are welcome to do so. Again, if you could send me a copy of the article I would very much appreciate it.

• Just like any information you get from a book, journal, etc. All use of information from this site (or any electronic source) must be accompanied by an acknowledgement of the source. So far as I can see you basically need to show in your references or bibliography:

  • the name of the Author (Whithers, R),
  • date (1997-2000, sorry few of my pages have a date on them, but if there is a 'last update' or similar date on the page, use the year in that),
  • title of page (what you see in the title bar at the top of your screen. For example the title of this page is. Heroin Addiction - An Addict's View - Copyright Information and Disclaimer
  • Title of website (Heroin Addiction - An Addict's View)
  • Form (Online or HTTP)
  • The page address (any page on this site will be of the form: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/9740/(**pagename.here**), and
  • The date you accessed it. (Because the content of webpages can change frequently.)
  For more information on how to cite electronic sources see The Sarah Byrd Askew Library - Citing Electronic Sources

• Making a single electronic and/or printed copy of the site, any pages or any parts of pages is also fine, so long as it is for personal use only.

• If you wish to make multiple copies of this site for any reason, you must contact me for permission.

• If you are using anything from this site, in any way at all, for profit, (unlikely, I know) you must contact me for permission.

• If you want to put a link on your website to my website, or any of its pages, you can; reciprocal links can be arranged.

• If you are using any information from "An Addict's View" website on another website, it must be accompanyed by an acknowledgement of, and a link to, the source.

• If your reasons for use of information from this site are not covered by any of the points above, you must contact me for permission.

Now the disclaimer part. Because of the sensitive nature of the information on this site, and especially because advice is given in many places, it seems prudent to inform you of a few things and, hopefully, cover my butt.

Firstly, I am not a doctor, nurse, or any type of medical practitioner; I have absolutely no training in medicine. I am not a counselor or psychologist and have no formal training or education in these areas either.

The information on these pages is made up mainly from my own experience, or that of other authors where they have contributed. Symptoms, cures, helps, hinderances and other variables can differ wildly between individuals, so anything suggested here may not be right for you.

Some pages are written by other people. Their inclusion on this site does not mean that I agree with everything they say.

If you have a health problem, see a doctor; if you have an emotional or psychological problem or an addiction problem, see a counselor, psychologist or addiction expert. This site is not intended as a replacement for any of those.

I take no responsibility for any mistakes or other problems anyone has in relation to this site. I do my best to put up useful, accurate information, but I am not infallible. QUESTION EVERYTHING. If you have any doubts, check it out for yourself.

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