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Heroin could spread like ‘wildfire’ after record crop
Dáil told EU wants saffron, rose oil and grapes grown instead of opium in Afghanistan
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Vermont: Hippie Paradise Lost
Despite low unemployment and near universal health insurance, Vermont is facing an epidemic of heroin addiction.
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The New Face of Heroin – Suburbs across the country are flooded with the powerful drug. For more, go to http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5494972&page=1.

Readers discuss heroin addiction, mental illness and Kris Kristofferson – Washington Post

Readers discuss heroin addiction, mental illness and Kris Kristofferson Washington Post Thanks for the article “I am part of the new scourge of suburban heroin addicts” [Feb. 11]. I only hope that some young people will read it and maybe allow it to strike a chord in them! As a therapist working with people who use drugs, I wanted to say …

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Brain changes in an addict make it hard to resist heroin and similar drugs – Washington Post

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Read more... Brain changes in an addict make it hard to resist heroin and similar drugs Washington Post The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman this month has raised many questions about drug addiction, among them: What do drugs such as heroin do to the brain to make them so addictive? Can these chemical changes be undone? Over the past 20 years, …

SALINE: First meeting of addiction task force set for Feb. 24
Community members and city officials will have their first meeting next week to address the heroin issue facing the community. The Saline … Mayor Brian Marl announced the creation of the group during his State of the City address in January. Marl …
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'I could live without drugs but not music': Nile Rodgers celebrates 20 years …
'I grew up in a beatnik hippy culture, my life didn't revolve around drugs, I wasn't a heroin addict, my life revolved around music but drugs were an important component, just as much so as any intellectual property or breathing or eating food. 'I don …
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Editorial: Heroin deaths defy perceptions about the city's drug problem
Geoff Calkins' story in The Commercial Appeal Sunday,"Life after heroin," put a face on drug addiction that should change the perception about where the drug problem in Memphis is centered.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman 'dealer' gets a clean-cut courtroom makeover
The heroin dealer accused of selling drugs to actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has asked to go rehab instead of prison whilst another dealer had a makeover before appearing in court.
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A mother's quest to understand her son's fatal heroin overdose
More than two years after Kristin Lundy's son overdosed on heroin and died, she is fighting the epidemic. 'I have friends who have contacted me, and their sons are in trouble, and I've seen it in their eyes,' she says.
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Our View: Increase Mainers' access to safe, effective anti-overdose drug
Police officers and firefighters may be added to that list as well. FAILED … Similar results can be expected in Maine, which has one of the highest rates of prescription drug addiction among youths and young adults, as well as a growing heroin problem.
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Special Report: Vermont spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is …
MONTPELIER — A drug intended to release addicts from the tyranny of heroin and painkillers is trafficked on the streets of Vermont alongside the very substances it was created to thwart. Taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the addiction habits of …
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ADHD and drugs: treating illness, masking trouble, boosting performance
But she and her husband knew they somehow had to help him fit in and keep pace with his fellow students. They felt his education and career hung in the balance. So he ended up on Concerta, … The ADHD drug prescription market jumped even more sharply …
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Presentation on county heroin epidemic in Sea Isle City
… use of pills and heroin. “It's critical for parents to be in tune with what their children are seeing and doing – and who they are associating with,” Sea Isle City Police Lt. Thomas McQuillen said. “Every parent needs to know what signs and …
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