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Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers
Boston Globe
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. They gave him an IV flush, and sent him home. Marchese, then 26, and his sister called multiple inpatient clinics only to be told: We have no beds.
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Heroin Addiction and Overdose – Guardian Liberty Voice


Guardian Liberty Voice

Heroin Addiction and Overdose
Guardian Liberty Voice
He forgot what it was like to kick the habit of heroin. He forgot how the drug takes everything of value away and leaves the addict hopeless and alone. He forgot the pain of desperation when the drug is not available and the sheer nightmare of withdrawal.

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The war on drugs faces new threat: heroin – Flathead Publishing Group

The war on drugs faces new threat: heroin
Flathead Publishing Group
And when the heroin addicts can't get their fix, they often head to a small clinic in Kalispell where they can get a prescribed shot of methadone. This prescription drug eases the overwhelming nausea and physical withdrawals caused by heroin addiction.

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Chronicling a heroin addict’s life – Boston Globe

Chronicling a heroin addict's life
Boston Globe
The withdrawal was hell, and Jonathan said he never wanted to go through anything like that again. But he relapsed, again and again. Eventually he started doing something he vowed he never would: inject heroin. Of his group of 10 friends, one was dead, …

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