Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: QA With Matt Paxton, Host of TV’s ‘Hoarders’
As the host of A&E’s “Hoarders,” Matt Paxton and his iron-stomached clutter crew dare to enter the physical and emotional lives of hoarders who have spent years, even decades, burying their emotional pain by filling their homes with obsolete electronics, QVC jewelry, periodicals, unworn clothing, dead pets — and even their own bodily waste.
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Heroin Addiction: Drug death ‘capital’ Brighton to put treatment ahead of punishment
Green MP says the coalition’s ‘localism’ policy enables seaside town to follow Portugal’s decriminalisation strategy Over the past 20 years or so, Brighton has gained an enviable reputation for being cool. Its thriving centre plays host to a young population and the town is one of the most gay-friendly in Europe. But Brighton also has a drugs problem: there was an average of almost one drug …
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Heroin Addiction: Book review: Basketball Junkie in more ways than 1
This story of Portsmouth resident Chris Herren evokes anger and sympathy, sorrow and joy, inspiration and discouragement. He set high school basketball scoring records in his native Fall River, earning McDonald’s All-American honors and developing addictions to alcohol and drugs.
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