Filth (novel) Stork Nightmares" and "Porno". Other minor characters mentioned in passing throughout "Filth" include: Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), "Juice" Terry Lawson (from "Glue" and "Porno"), Danny "Spud" Murphy (from "Trainspotting", "Skagboys" and "Porno"), and "Post" Alec Connolly, a recurring character in "Glue". A film adaptation of "Filth" was released on 27 September 2013. It is directed by Jon S. Baird, from a script he also wrote. Filth (novel) Filth is a 1998 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. A sequel, "Crime", was published in 2008. It was adapted into a 2013 film of the same name,
Heroin time was a popular recreational drug, and Bayer wished to find a similar but non-addictive substitute to market. However, contrary to Bayer's advertising as a "non-addictive morphine substitute," heroin would soon have one of the highest rates of addiction among its users. From 1898 through to 1910, diamorphine was marketed under the trademark name Heroin as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough suppressant. In the 11th edition of "Encyclopædia Britannica" (1910), the article on morphine states: "In the cough of phthisis minute doses [of morphine] are of service, but in this particular disease morphine is frequently better replaced by codeine