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Coroner: Bucks Inmate Died of Heart Failure During Heroin Withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal
Bucks County Courier Times
heroin withdrawal By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer Bucks County Courier Times. A 49-year-old Bensalem woman found dead inside her Bucks County prison cell suffered sudden cardiac death during heroin detoxification, according to the Bucks County coroner.
Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawThe Intelligencer

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Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals – WHAG

Heroin Overdoses Up 800 Percent in Some Hospitals
WHAG
We're seeing increased numbers of all the complications of heroin use: overdose, drug withdrawal, infections. This is more than we've ever seen before," said Potter. The heroin epidemic has gotten so bad, Valley Health hospitals report seeing a 500 to

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Cases of newborns with addictions soaring – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Cases of newborns with addictions soaring
Boston Globe
Some 1,300 babies in Massachusetts — about three to four each day — were born in 2012 with what is called “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” suffering withdrawal pains as a result of exposure to illegal opiates such as heroin or prescription drugs such

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Video: With use on the rise, St. Luke’s tackles heroin head on – New Canaan Advertiser

Video: With use on the rise, St. Luke's tackles heroin head on
New Canaan Advertiser
“The epidemic of addiction to opioid pain relievers fuels a parallel rise in heroin use, because heroin is ultimately a considerably less expensive way for patients suffering with addiction to avoid extremely painful withdrawal symptoms. Very few

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