The horrible side effects of heroin are now common knowledge.  Pain, HIV infection, loss of family and jobs, withdrawal, the struggle for recovery and the ultimate relapse.  Knowing all this, we wondered what makes someone use this drug at all. There must me a pay off - something that overrides all the risk.  We asked long time addict Gary how heroin made him feel and why he felt it was worth all of this. He had one word: Euphoric.