In the Grip of Heroin Part 3: Helping Users Fight the Pull of the Addictive Drug
In the Grip of Heroin Part 3: Helping Users Fight the Pull of the Addictive Drug
She says caseworkers determine whether participants need mental health services or housing, and get them into drug treatment. Sometimes the person needs detox, with medication to ease heroin's notorious withdrawal symptoms. “Basically, the beginning …
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Born on drugs
Just beyond the Cape Region in Delaware, Nancy Oyerly, director of obstetrics at Seaford's Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, confirmed there has been a dramatic rise in the number of babies delivered at her hospital suffering from opiate withdrawal. The …
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Government switches strategy on drugs
Once only thought to be a Western Cape problem, crystal methamphetamine, or “tik, can now be found in provinces like Mpumalanga, which is already struggling to stave use of “nyaope” or “whoonga,” traditionally comprised of heroin and dagga. In Ermelo …
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