A Story in Every Cell
A Story in Every Cell
For the primal offence of fratricide (braining his insufferable brother with a poker) Ezekiel Farragut, a high-rolling professor with a heroin habit and a complicated wife, is sent to Falconer State Prison. Arriving at the penitentiary gate, shackled …
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Marijuana isn't harmless – especially for kids
Marijuana withdrawal has the same symptoms as other drugs — cravings, irritability, low self-confidence, despondency, depression and suicidal thoughts. I see public opinion swaying toward marijuana legalization and scratch my head. … Unlike …
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Killing more than pain: Deaths of women from prescription overdose rise 400 …
Like hydrocodone or oxycodone, methadone is an opioid, but it is used to help ween patients off addiction by diminishing the effects of withdrawal, which treatment specialists say can be just as bad for prescription drugs as for "harder" opioids such …
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Drug problems large, help programs growing
Heroin and other opiates have become one of the leading drug problems over the past few years. Wausau Health Services is one outpatient clinic that helps patients manage withdrawal symptoms with controlled doses of other drugs such as methadone.
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Heroin – The Next Generation / Documentary Educational Video – Heroin Documentary Video from the public domain. Heroin: The Next Generation. Viewers will learn about the different types of heroin being peddled on the str…