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A rocky road to recovery
Outpatient counseling was ineffective, and he progressed to heroin — it was potent, cheap and easy to get. He completed a one-month inpatient program, but his addiction worsened. Willis thought he needed a longer term residential placement, a good …
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Taunton clergy look to God to help end heroin crisis
In addition to prayer, let's gather and gather resources so that people who are struggling with addiction, their family, their friends, have some tools and some connections that can be helpful to them in defeating the power of addiction.” After the …
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The five-point plan Increase funding for addiction treatment beyond the Obama administration's level of $ 1.8 billion. Increase federal support for a law enforcement crackdown on heroin trafficking Increase funding to prevent heroin and prescription drug abuse Promote community collaboration among social agencies Increase availability of naloxone, a heroin overdose drugs that saves lives.
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ABOUT THE SERIES
A three-part series beginning today by Civitas Media puts a face on the growing problems of heroin addiction.
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Montco woman denies she supplied boyfriend with heroin that killed him
A Montgomery County woman has pleaded not guilty to charges she allegedly supplied her boyfriend with the heroin that killed him.
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Heroin fast becoming Ulster County's 'most prevalent' drug (VIDEOS)
When the drug formulations changed in about 2011 and Vicodin could no longer be easily crushed and then snorted, chewed or injected, Sullivan began shooting heroin and became addicted. …. “The first time you do heroin you get violently sick. That …
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Amherst family embraces fight to legalize marijuana
Pardee said he was attending art school in Sarasota, Fla., at the time and was heading to a record store to sell some old CDs when his car was broadsided by a vehicle driven by a teenage girl. The 2008 crash in which Jason … Lieux said a marijuana …
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Area leaders say ‘no quick fix’ to Taunton’s heroin addiction epidemic – Taunton Daily Gazette

Area leaders say 'no quick fix' to Taunton's heroin addiction epidemic Taunton Daily Gazette Walsh said the increased use of the “highly addictive” pharmaceutical painkiller oxycodone during the last decade in the city has often led users in Taunton to the cheaper, more powerful breed of heroin available on the streets. Taunton has also … and more »

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Heroin Addict Uses Near-Death Experience To Help Others – NBC4i.com

Heroin Addict Uses Near-Death Experience To Help Others NBC4i.com Last week, Audri shared her story to those fighting addiction through Where Waz Eye, a Chillicothe support group formed by Cheryl Beverly, whose son is in prison due to heroin. "We can support you but we can not rehab yourself. You have to do what you …

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TEDx: “Drugs, 'Thugs,' and other Things We're Taught to Fear”
Nelson Rockefeller said that he believed that a treatment approach to drug addiction did not work, and that it was time to start prosecuting and incarcerating drug users. Over 40 years ago, the Rockefeller Drug Laws became the strictest and …
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State's overdose plan underwhelms experts
Greene, an Easton resident, had been trying to get through to his son about opiate and heroin addiction for years, so jail time was in some ways a relief. … said Dr. Barbara Herbert, chief of addiction medicine at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in …
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