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Officials Gather in Utica to Discuss Local Heroin Problem
Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
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Communities rally to fight back against heroin
Rachel Snelbaker fought the lonely battle against her daughter's heroin abuse for years, trying to get her into treatment and trying to track her down when she went missing to use drugs.
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Tonight’s TMJ4: SURVIVING HEROIN ADDICTION – This video was uploaded from an Android phone.
Efforts Increased to Reduce Heroin, Prescription Drug Addiction in Macomb … – the Macomb Daily
Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb … – The Macomb Daily
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Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb …
The Macomb Daily Doctors are being pressured to reduce their liberal distribution of drug prescriptions because of an “epidemic” of abuse. Dependence on opiates such as Vicodin and OxyContin is blamed for turning prescription drug addicts into heroin addicts. Heroin … |
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How a Promising Ivy League Student Ended Up a Heroin Addict and Convicted … – PolicyMic
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How a Promising Ivy League Student Ended Up a Heroin Addict and Convicted …
PolicyMic Thus opens the first chapter of Keri Blakinger's manuscript of her book IV League — a title, purposely misspelled, that alludes to her drug use during her time at Cornell University from 2007-2010. She wrote the book, which she finished in January … |
Road to Hell: Prescription Drugs Took Local Teen From Car Accident to Heroin … – the Plain Dealer
Road to hell: Prescription drugs took local teen from car accident to heroin … – The Plain Dealer
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Road to hell: Prescription drugs took local teen from car accident to heroin …
The Plain Dealer View/Post Comments. CLEVELAND, Ohio — The road to hell – which for a teenage girl from a Lorain County suburb ended in heroin addiction and forced prostitution – was paved with an OxyContin prescription. Her story, told as an unnamed victim in the … |
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After death of Johnathan Crupi, 21-year-old heroin addict, another recovering … – SILive.com
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After death of Johnathan Crupi, 21-year-old heroin addict, another recovering …
SILive.com Addicts in their teens and 20s now grapple with the realities of legislation passed in Albany that prevents doctor shopping throughout the state – raising the price of a single pill to as much as $ 30 as a result, and making heroin more attractive than … |
ANALYSIS: Are the UK's Drugs Laws 'delirious'?
ANALYSIS: Are the UK's drugs laws 'delirious'?
The “psychedlic grandad” believes recreational drugs can boost brain power and “consciousness”, although he accepted LSD is “staggeringly powerful” and that drug use can be “destabilising”. Mr Read, who lives in Sutton Gault, thinks people should …
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Casual marijuana use may damage your brain
"I think the findings that there are observable differences in brain structure with marijuana even in these young adult recreational users indicate that there are significant effects of marijuana on the brain," says Dr. Jodi Gilman, lead author and a …
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Road to Hell: Prescription Drugs Took Local Teen From Car Accident to Heroin … – the Plain Dealer
Road to hell: Prescription drugs took local teen from car accident to heroin … – The Plain Dealer
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Road to hell: Prescription drugs took local teen from car accident to heroin …
The Plain Dealer View/Post Comments. CLEVELAND, Ohio — The road to hell – which for a teenage girl from a Lorain County suburb ended in heroin addiction and forced prostitution – was paved with an OxyContin prescription. Her story, told as an unnamed victim in the … |
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Three people linked in death by heroin, a longtime DC drug dealer and an … – Washington Post
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Three people linked in death by heroin, a longtime DC drug dealer and an …
Washington Post Strangers to one another in life, they shared an addiction to heroin, fueled by the same D.C. drug dealer. And one by one, they died using a deadly substance that authorities say has permeated the East Coast, leaving a trail of grieving family members. Heroin dealer gets 35 years in prison after three customers die |
Two Maine Cases Raise Questions About Prostitution, Sex Trafficking
Two Maine cases raise questions about prostitution, sex trafficking
Experts and authorities say the women involved in sex trafficking are vulnerable because of troubled upbringings, abuse or drug addiction. The fact that women are targeted is the main difference between what constitutes sex trafficking and prostitution …
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Maine House passes bill to add drug agents but LePage threatens veto
The measure also increases funding to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to enhance drug treatment programs for addicts. The bill, LD 1811, as originally drafted would have added 14 new agents with to the Maine Drug Enforcement …
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