Archive for the ‘Heroin Addiction’ Category
Correction: Heroin-Vermont Story
Correction: Heroin-Vermont story
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In a story April 5 about Vermont's heroin problem, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Vermont Health Department, reported erroneously on a statistic about the drug's use. The department revised a report to say the number of people receiving treatment in state addiction programs increased from 2011 to 2012 by 35 percent, not that heroin use rose 35 …
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The Skanner Newspaper – Heroin Deaths Rise in Pacific Northwest and Across USA
Former heroin addict David Fitzgerald sits in his office in Portland, Ore. The photos on the wall include a collage from the previous year's group picnic. Recovering addicts smile and hold plates of food. Seven months later, Fitzgerald looks over the faces. Are they all still sober?
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'An Addict With Friends'
'An Addict With Friends'
But even with the rise in fatalities, the rate of heroin-related deaths remained lower than it was for most of the previous decade, and other measures — visits to emergency rooms or self-reported use in the last year — remained well below mid-decade …
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Heroin Overdose Death Rates Explode Across VA
No matter their path to heroin, all users say the same thing: "Once you start using the needle you're never going to go back," echoes Capria Turner, a heroin addict and inmate at Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NRADC).. Officials say …
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For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
But, Cummings acknowledges, it's early. Barnstable does not yet have any numbers on Vivitrol recovery rates, and there are no long-term studies. The drug was just approved for heroin addiction treatment in 2010. Doctors aren't sure how long patients …
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Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com
Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com
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Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction
NBCNews.com Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction. A family of eight outside Boston is struggling with their second-oldest son's heroin addiction. Recently, he overdosed, and paramedics revived him with Narcan. About Us · Careers · Contact … |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: ‘This Is Not the Life I Want’ – NBCNews.com
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Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: 'This Is Not the Life I Want'
NBCNews.com Editor's note: This story is part of a series, Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic, that will be featured on NBC News from April 7-9. When they were little, Ben and Ryan used to ride their bikes together on the quiet streets of their suburban St. Louis … Former Putnam teacher, heroin addict appears on TV news series Hooked: A teacher's addiction and the new face of heroin |
United Exiting Concourse D; County Funding Threatened; Call to Impeach Judge …
United exiting Concourse D; county funding threatened; call to impeach judge …
Kyle Wirtz shared his story of heroin addiction at a town hall in Solon examining the heroin epidemic's effects on the suburbs. Cory Shaffer, Northeast Ohio Media Group. Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined. A Cleveland …
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Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com
Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com
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Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction
NBCNews.com Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction. A family of eight outside Boston is struggling with their second-oldest son's heroin addiction. Recently, he overdosed, and paramedics revived him with Narcan. About Us · Careers · Contact … |
Heroin Addiction – Google News
Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: ‘This Is Not the Life I Want’ – NBCNews.com
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Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: 'This Is Not the Life I Want'
NBCNews.com Editor's note: This story is part of a series, Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic, that will be featured on NBC News from April 7-9. When they were little, Ben and Ryan used to ride their bikes together on the quiet streets of their suburban St. Louis … Former Putnam teacher, heroin addict appears on TV news series Hooked: A teacher's addiction and the new face of heroin |
Does Paying Drug Users Boost Hep B Jab Uptake?
Does paying drug users boost hep B jab uptake?
While people may baulk at the idea of "bribing" drug users to get vaccinated, the proposal could save the NHS a great deal of money in the long run. A report from the Foundation for Liver Research (PDF, 734kb) estimated that treating hepatitis B costs …
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Public attitudes and policy toward drug addiction shift
As a district attorney from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Burke witnessed the “war on drugs,” the government's reaction to the introduction of recreational drugs in the '60s and '70s and to a spike in heroin use in the late 1970s. “Millions of …
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A look at heroin use in Nebraska
Some states are reporting a rise in heroin use as many addicts shift from more costly and harder-to-get prescription opiates to this cheaper alternative. Here's a look at what's happening in Nebraska: THE PROBLEM: While health officials say the illegal …
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