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Heroin Addiction & the Social Stigma of Rehab
Heroin Addiction & the Social Stigma of Rehab
The recent rash of deaths from heroin laced with fentanyl, and the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman have brought attention to the need for more efficient clinical treatment for drug addiction. Gateway Rehab Medical Director Dr. Neil Capretto works with …
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Iran not doing enough to address drug addiction
As for addicts, although they ought, according to the law, to be made to abandon drug consumption, there is a lack of adequate resources for this because there is such a small number of rehabilitation centers in the country, and the courts do not get …
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Forum to Look at Rising Tide of Heroin Addiction – WAMC
Forum To Look At Rising Tide Of Heroin Addiction – WAMC
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Forum To Look At Rising Tide Of Heroin Addiction
WAMC The growing problem of heroin addiction will be the topic of a conference Monday in western Massachusetts. Enlarge image. Over one thousand bags of heroin seized by Massachusetts State Police after a traffic stop on I-91 in Northampton on Dec. 20, 2013. |
Powerful Blend of Heroin Makes Its Way Through Maryland
Powerful Blend Of Heroin Makes Its Way Through Maryland
Heroin is capable of causing liver and heart disease. Drug authorities say addicts often do not know the heroin is laced with fentanyl. In 2006, hundreds of people from Chicago to Philadelphia died after injecting the powerful drug. After actor Philip …
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Heroin Addiction Focus of Free Panel Discussion at Vermont Law School
Heroin Addiction Focus Of Free Panel Discussion At Vermont Law School
South Royalton — The Vermont Law School Criminal Law Society will host a free panel discussion on the subject of opiate addiction tomorrow at 4 p.m. in the Chase Community Center at Vermont Law School.
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Sheriff and state's attorney to study effectiveness of anti-heroin programs
Madison County's sheriff and state's attorney have formed a task force to study past efforts to fight heroin and determine how effective they were in order to form a plan to fight overdose deaths, according to a press release.
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Heroin addiction spikes in region
Several people had slipped from a trail at Ithaca Falls and landed in the water, according to… – 8:35 pm
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Heroin Use Climbs in Maine as Cheaper Alternative to Prescription Drugs – Kennebec Journal
Heroin use climbs in Maine as cheaper alternative to prescription drugs – Kennebec Journal
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Heroin use climbs in Maine as cheaper alternative to prescription drugs
Kennebec Journal She had already smoked crack and done other drugs, but it was a blood clot in her arm that set her heroin addiction in motion. The hospital gave her Dilaudid. From there, she graduated to heroin because “it was cheaper than Dilaudid,” she said. Heroin … |
Heroin Use Climbs in Maine as Cheaper Alternative to Prescription Drugs – Press Herald
Heroin use climbs in Maine as cheaper alternative to prescription drugs – Press Herald
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Heroin use climbs in Maine as cheaper alternative to prescription drugs
Press Herald That's what has happened in Maine and across the country as abuse of prescription painkillers has led to opiate addiction, driving some users to heroin as a less expensive alternative. As Morris said, the commonly prescribed painkiller OxyContin costs … |