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After hitting rock bottom, NJ drug users must wait for treatment
Eric didn't have health insurance, and neither he nor his parents could afford the private facilities. So the first step for the family was to purchase insurance for Eric. "When we got the insurance, they only covered a couple places, and they had a …
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Specialist task force is to be put in place to help those most in need
But they insist the work – the first time a single team of people has been used to target all these major problems – will provide a “solid foundation” to help bring some of the disturbing figures around deprivation in the town under control. “We are …
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Detox center opens in Toms River, as six more people die from heroin overdose …
Starting in mid-February, people who struggle with drug addiction will have a new place that they can turn to for help. Sunrise Detox, an inpatient drug and alcohol detox center, opened Wednesday at 16 … Funeral home directors also hand out cards to …
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News of growing epidemic hits home for still-grieving family
Amid the recent surge in fatal drug overdoses, the public pronouncement of a “full-blown heroin crisis” by Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, and the media's ongoing fascination with the death of Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, families that have …
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Cheap Crack Pipes, Free Heroin, and Free Booze: The Evidence for Helping …
At Insite, North America's only supervised injection center, addicts can get clean needles and shoot up under medical supervision. It also has a detox program. “In itself, harm reduction is valuable regardless of whether it leads to abstinence,” says …
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Special Report: State spends millions on addiction-fighting drug that is …
Most Vermonters who take “street bupe” aren't after a high, they are tired of chasing pills or heroin, and they are self-medicating with illegally obtained bupe because they can't get medical care. Waitlists for … It contains just enough of the …
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Police Hunt Underway for Philip Seymour Hoffman's Heroin Dealer
16 after 44 bags of heroin were found being transported from New York to Connecticut with the Ace of Spades brand. The 46-year-old actor, who had a long battle with drug use and went through a 10-day detox program last year, was found Sunday with a …
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Crack pipe vending machines stir controversy in western Canada
Making illegal drug use safer for addicts eliminates some of the roadblocks towards seeking treatment, said Kailin See, director of the Portland Hotel Society's Drug Use Resource Center, where two of the machines are hosted. The crackpipe vending …
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Crack pipe vending machines installed in Canada in bid to curb spread of HIV
The polka-dot vending machines are operated by the Portland Hotel Society, a drug treatment centre, and dispense newly packaged crack pipes like snacks for $ 0.25 (13p). The group says the pipes are less likely to chip and … "While the NDP and …
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