Downtown Eastside: Canada's 'Most Famous Junkie' Comes Clean
Downtown Eastside: Canada's 'most famous junkie' comes clean
But get this: He says he hasn't touched cocaine in five years and stopped using heroin more than a year ago. He's on the methadone program, has … You mentioned you went through detox and got on the methadone program. But how have you managed to …
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OUR OPINION: We must coordinate our efforts to prevent overdoses
For seven deadly years, we've recorded the pain and devastation of an overdose epidemic through our Wasted Youth and Killer Drugs next Door series. We've been entrusted with the heart-rending stories of broken lives and shattered families. Our …
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Updated: Wednesday, February 26 2014, 06:56 PM EST
It's all paid for by Medicaid, and he says he can continue in the program as long as it takes to overcome his heroin addiction. Some of his … Methadone is usually used to treat heroin addiction, and is itself an addictive drug, but it is slow-release …
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