NKY Health Officials Concerned About Hepatitis C Linked to Heroin Use
NKY health officials concerned about hepatitis C linked to heroin use
Unsanitary tattooing has spread the virus too. “Most people think if I don't use drugs, I'm not going to get it and that's not true,” Rice said. Treating hepatitis C is also expensive. Recent numbers show it costs about $ 60,000 to treat and since there …
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Victim no more
Not to her pleas for help as a teenager taking on the role as parent as the oldest of eight siblings, their mother a heroin addict who was in and out of consciousness, in and out of jail. No one listened to the whimpers and the wails of her life, the …
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Tool to track drug abusers is at risk
However, it is patently ill-suited for tracking heroin use, let alone abuse or dependence on heroin and other hard drugs like crack and methamphetamine. Unfortunately, due to budget concerns the federal government just shut down a critical data source …
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