Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: Dutch may label some cannabis as a hard drug
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands, famous for its liberal soft drugs policies, said on Friday it may label some highly concentrated forms of cannabis as a hard drug on a par with cocaine or heroin, because of the risk of addiction.
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Heroin Addiction: Wheat Ridge doctor faces drug charges for alleged “pill mill”
Dr. Kevin Clemmer, a Jefferson County osteopath, is facing more than 50 federal criminal counts of distributing oxycodone — a synthetic opiate similar to heroin — “outside the scope of professional practice.”
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Heroin Addiction: Oregon a test case for pseudoephedrine drug law
When the Oregon Legislature was considering a proposal to make pseudoephedrine a prescription drug in an effort to fight methamphetamine, pharmaceutical lobbyists argued that the state’s existing law …
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Heroin Addiction: Nomadic ‘crusties’ are sign of summer in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — The bridge of his nose is caked with dried blood. Beneath each fingernail is a line of dark grit. Reeking of body odor and cheap booze, he hops trains to travel and panhandles to get by. He goes only by “Mouth.”
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