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Bain Capital Sees Opportunity in Methadone Clinics – Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Bain Capital sees opportunity in methadone clinics
Boston Globe
Clinics like this one on Topeka Street in Boston can be lifesavers for addicts trying to kick heroin or other opiates. Reports of heroin overdoses and deaths are on the rise as cheap and potent versions of the drug — sometimes laced with the pain

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Task force on heroin addiction to meet here – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Task force on heroin addiction to meet here
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A legislative task force is continuing its review of ways to address the rise in heroin and opioid abuse. The group is scheduled to hold a forum Tuesday at the Monroe County Office Building in Rochester. It's the second of 12 such events planned

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Heroin addiction often begins with prescription pills – Torrington Register Citizen

Heroin addiction often begins with prescription pills
Torrington Register Citizen
Heroin addiction often begins with prescription pills. In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, Schedule 2 narcotics Morphine Sulfate, OxyContin and Opana are displayed for a photograph in Carmichael, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli — The Associated Press.

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Recovering heroin addict starting over — at age 21 – Las Vegas Review-Journal


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Recovering heroin addict starting over — at age 21
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Cody Lewis, 21, a recovering heroin addict, smokes a cigarette before speaking about his life and addiction on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Good Samaritan Methodist Church in Addison, Ill. When Lewis walked out of Cook County Jail in May 2013 after being …

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Is Heroin Use on the Rise in America? – Glee actor, Cory Monteith, died at 31-years old from a combination of heroin and alcohol. How many Americans use heroin? Is use of the drug on the rise? Is p…