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Is There Hope After Heroin? Checking in on Addicts Seven Years Later

Is there hope after heroin? Checking in on addicts seven years later
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Back in 2007, FOX6 News aired a series of stories about an issue that was just beginning…
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McConnell testifies before Senate caucus about Ky.’s heroin epidemic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell testified in Washington about the heroin epidemic in Kentucky during the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. It's a problem that's growing and affecting communities all across the state. Senator McConnell told the committee more people die in Kentucky from heroin than car crashes. He told them he believes the solution is …
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

Families struggle with heroin abuse
Rochester, N.Y. — Lori said she never thought it would happen to her. Theresa DeLone said she never thought her son would stick a needle in his arm. Both mothers are now making a once private battle with heroin addiction public, to plead for help for their sons. …
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

You Can Get Any Drug You Want, Where You Want' – Recovering Addict

You can get any drug you want, where you want' – recovering addict
“I had a drink and it took me straight back to heroin and crack.” When her ex-partner obtained benzodiazepine, … Service-users testing positive for opiates have usually taken tramadol, a strong opiate-based painkiller, often from a family member's …
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Is There Hope After Heroin? Checking in on Addicts Seven Years Later

Is there hope after heroin? Checking in on addicts seven years later
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Back in 2007, FOX6 News aired a series of stories about an issue that was just beginning…
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

McConnell testifies before Senate caucus about Ky.’s heroin epidemic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell testified in Washington about the heroin epidemic in Kentucky during the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. It's a problem that's growing and affecting communities all across the state. Senator McConnell told the committee more people die in Kentucky from heroin than car crashes. He told them he believes the solution is …
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

Families struggle with heroin abuse
Rochester, N.Y. — Lori said she never thought it would happen to her. Theresa DeLone said she never thought her son would stick a needle in his arm. Both mothers are now making a once private battle with heroin addiction public, to plead for help for their sons. …
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

Patients Caution Lawmakers About Role of Pain Medications

Patients caution lawmakers about role of pain medications
By Colleen Quinn State House News Service BOSTON — People coping with chronic pain cautioned lawmakers, looking for solutions to opiate-addiction problems, not to make pain medications so difficult to obtain that those who truly need them
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Are doctors to blame for opiate addiction epidemic? CDC reports doctors are a leading source of opioids for high-risk …
LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — One of the most common misconceptions about men and women who abuse prescription opioid drugs is that they get those drugs from friends or relatives. Now, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed alarming new evidence that those at highest risk of opioid overdose are just as likely to obtain opiate drugs from …
Opiate Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

You Can Get Any Drug You Want, Where You Want' – Recovering Addict

You can get any drug you want, where you want' – recovering addict
Service-users testing positive for opiates have usually taken tramadol, a strong opiate-based painkiller, often from a family member's unfinished course of prescribed medication. “People tell their GP of aches and pains, knowing full well they're not …
Read more on Bradford Telegraph and Argus

Undergoing Heroin Withdrawal, Jail Inmate Died From Heart Condition

Undergoing heroin withdrawal, jail inmate died from heart condition
Christina M. Boshears died from a heart condition brought on by acute and chronic IV drug use.
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FBI director: Afghanistan withdrawal to worsen heroin problem
The increasing flow of pure heroin into Tampa and other American communities will only get worse if the U.S. pulls all its troops out of Afghanistan at the end of the year, FBI Director James B. Comey said Monday afternoon at FBI headquarters in Tampa.
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Target2: Heroin Epidemic Grips Wisconsin
Target 2 examines the big impact heroin is having on the state.
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Wisconsin babies face new epidemic
As heroin tightens its grip on Wisconsin, more attention is being paid to its youngest victims — babies born exposed to that drug and other opiates. 
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