Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer In her third day of heroin detox in the Bucks County prison on March 22, Marlene Yarnall received the scheduled doses of medications to ease her withdrawal symptoms around 8:15 a.m., according to a prison administrator. For the next three hours … |
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms. |
Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem – The Evening Sun
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Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem
The Evening Sun Users, however, build up a tolerance over time, and they have to use the drug just to avoid withdrawal symptoms. "You can die from alcohol withdrawal, and you can die from benzodiazepine withdrawal," he said. "You don't die from heroin withdrawal or … |
Ethan’s story, Part 1: The slide from drug experimentation to full-blown … – MassLive.com
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Ethan's story, Part 1: The slide from drug experimentation to full-blown …
MassLive.com Sober for 14 years after going through detox for alcoholism, she said that she worked hard to be involved in the lives of her three children and provide them with the best home she could. Beth said that she did not take issue with Ethan smoking marijuana. |