This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease and Save … – Huffington Post
This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save … – Huffington Post
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This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts' Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save …
Huffington Post Tens of thousands of Americans die of HIV and hepatitis each year, and both diseases are strongly linked to intravenous drug use. Many of these lives could be saved through clean needle exchanges, which are illegal in 26 states. | Spencer Platt via … |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – Insurance News Net (press release)
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Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
Insurance News Net (press release) March 17– In 2013, 43 percent of the Wilmington Treatment Center's 2,421 patients were treated for opiate addiction. Bernard Gottschalk, medical director of Wilmington Treatment Center, said opiate addicts have an 85 percent relapse rate. But there is … |