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'You're playing with a loaded gun:' NC heroin use on the rise
Heroin addiction is on the rise across the nation and in North Carolina, according to law enforcement and health experts, who say the recent death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is a reminder that the drug knows no age or wealth limits.
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Path From Pain Pills To Heroin Addiction Nothing New In San Diego County
Above: Black tar heroin. Sam Quinones , is a journalist for the Los Angeles Times who has reported extensively on heroin and prescription drug abuse. He's writing a book on the subject.
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You shouldn't be shocked by Philip Seymour Hoffman's death
While many were shocked to learn that an actor of such renown could die with a heroin needle in his arm, they shouldn't be. Opiate addiction can happen to anyone: housewives, business professionals, working class laborers, teachers, students — anyone …
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Jane Says: Sugar Isn't Addictive—but You Can Eat It Like an Addict
Finally, animal models have identified marked similarities between sugar consumption and drug addiction. These findings have led to the hypothesis that certain foods may be capable of … Some people may have a genetic propensity toward addiction …
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Ready access, low cost, pill-like high: Heroin's rise and fatal draw
"I've been here over six years, and literally this is the first year that I can remember seeing this many people coming in here with an addiction to heroin," said Robert Parkinson, director of the Beachcomber Rehabilitation Center in Delray Beach, Florida.
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The mind of a heroin addict: the struggle to get clean and stay sober
To many people who have never grappled with addiction, it can be difficult to comprehend the desperate desire to use, even after so many years sober. To gain deeper insight into drug addiction, we asked recovering heroin users to share their …
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Vietnam to execute 30 over drug smuggling
The trial began on January 3 and prosecutors had initially sought death sentence for 34 people. The drugs were trafficked between China, Laos and Vietnam in various types, including heroin and synthetic drugs. Vietnam had about 1,80,000 drug addicts as …
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SIMMONS: Heroin Happy Meals point to larger problem
Or even recall the entrepreneurial drug ways of “American Gangster” Frank Lucas, who bought — and brought — his heroin directly from Asia during the Vietnam War. Today's addicts and dealers don't need to ply their wares in the shadows; they simply …
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Cleveland drug court graduates get treatment program rather than jail time
Graduates from Cleveland's Drug Court heard a powerful message from a man who suffered with alcohol and drug addiction for more than two decades. The Reverend Lovel Henderson was 17 years old when he entered the military and was sent to Vietnam …
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Path From Pain Pills To Heroin Addiction Nothing New In San Diego County – KPBS

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Path From Pain Pills To Heroin Addiction Nothing New In San Diego County KPBS Sherrie Rubin, is on the executive committee for the San Diego County Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force and is founder of the Hope2gether Foundation. Her son Aaron overdosed on prescription pain pills a few years ago, he now is quadriplegic and … and more »

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Surge in heroin use has hit Belmont hard lately – Concord Monitor

Read more... Surge in heroin use has hit Belmont hard lately Concord Monitor Michael Chamberlain had done heroin before. He had told friends he was miserable, that his father was dying of lung cancer, that he needed to escape. Before, drugs had brought relief. This time would be different. When he sat on the edge of a bed in a … and more »

Calgary Heroin Bust: Rashid Abdulla Mussa Faces Two Charges (PHOTOS)
CALGARY – A pair of suitcases that were just too heavy tipped off customs officers who discovered 6.7 kilograms of heroin at the Calgary International Airport. A spokeswoman for Canada Border Services Agency says a man arriving home via London last …
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Smack Down
But the West will be counting the true cost of the war for years to come—no longer in blood and treasure, but in an epidemic of heroin addiction that's sweeping the world, driven by an explosion of Afghan opium production. Afghanistan's drug output is …
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