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Record Number of Ohioans Die From Heroin Overdoses
Record number of Ohioans die from heroin overdoses
The state says 680 people died of heroin overdoses in 2012, up from 426 deaths in 2011, a 37 percent increase.
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Ohio sees record number of deaths from heroin
A record number of Ohioans died from heroin-related overdoses in 2012, the state Department of Health said as it released the newest available figures for a problem that's been called an epidemic and a public health crisis.
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Forum Focuses on Heroin Addiction in Connecticut – New Haven Register
Forum focuses on heroin addiction in Connecticut – New Haven Register
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Forum focuses on heroin addiction in Connecticut
New Haven Register Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, both D-Conn., Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Michael Botticelli and several care professionals about the growing problem of heroin addiction and overdose deaths. They met at the Cornell Scott-Hill … Heroin Fix Starts In Doc's Office Forum On Drug Abuse Hears from Recovering Addicts |
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‘Epidemic’ of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears – Chicago Daily Herald
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'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears
Chicago Daily Herald This was the second of four meetings being held around Illinois to get ideas for legislative fixes that might help stem the growing tide of heroin addiction, overdose and death in Illinois. "This is a plague that is spreading," said Harris, of … |
Heroin a Growing Threat Across USA, Police Say
Heroin a growing threat across USA, police say
Heroin and other opiate addiction is now claiming more lives in many communities than violent crime and car crashes, say America's top law enforcement officials.
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Opinion: The Collège Des Médecins Du Québec Is Too Negative About Medical …
Opinion: The Collège des médecins du Québec is too negative about medical …
The list goes on. 3. “Medical cannabis causes addiction. … The simple truth is that the vast majority of patients can give up their cannabis with no ill effects, other than the return of symptoms for which they were originally taking the drug. 4 …
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Inequality and the Inevitable Collapse
Grossly unequal societies have greater levels of alcohol and drug addiction, more crime, lower mortality rates, higher child pregnancies and lower literacy levels than less unequal countries. Political influence/control is an added bonus for the rich …
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Ethan's story, Part 3: 'Addiction never stops and I will live with this for …
It took four years of being hooked on pain pills and a month of cycling through brutal withdrawal symptoms from a consuming heroin addiction, but Ethan was finally ready to get clean. What would follow throughout his early 20s was a nearly four-year …
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'Epidemic' of Heroin Addiction Facing State, House Committee Hears
'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears
Members of the recently formed Illinois House Task Force on Heroin heard testimony in Arlington Heights Thursday morning about treatment and prevention for what has been called an epidemic sweeping the state. This was the second of four meetings being held around Illinois to get ideas for legislative fixes that might help stem the growing tide of heroin addiction, overdose and death in Illinois …
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Three people linked in death by heroin, a longtime D.C. drug dealer and an addiction
Three people died using heroin sold by the same D.C. drug dealer, who is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.
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RX Painkillers Drive Heroin Use in Saugerties – Saugerties Times
RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties – Saugerties Times
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RX painkillers drive heroin use in Saugerties
Saugerties Times The sharp increase in the use of prescription opiates and heroin across the Northeast has not spared Saugerties. Of the 34 arrested in last week's drug sweep, five of the seven Saugerties suspects were arrested for opiate possession— two for heroin … |
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‘Epidemic’ of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears – Chicago Daily Herald
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'Epidemic' of heroin addiction facing state, house committee hears
Chicago Daily Herald This was the second of four meetings being held around Illinois to get ideas for legislative fixes that might help stem the growing tide of heroin addiction, overdose and death in Illinois. "This is a plague that is spreading," said Harris, of … |