Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – ABC News
Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – ABC News
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment
ABC News The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. Doctors gave him an IV flush to clean out his system, and sent him home. Marchese and his sister stayed up all night calling inpatient … Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety – U-T San Diego
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Fast facts about some obstacles to heroin sobriety
U-T San Diego She was constantly told she didn't meet the “criteria” for treatment centers. She even got turned away from emergency rooms because doctors say alcohol withdrawal is life threatening, but heroin withdrawal is not. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)The Associated Press. |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Infographic: The Startling Rise in Heroin Use – NBCNews.com
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Infographic: The Startling Rise in Heroin Use
NBCNews.com Dr. Dean McKenzie, an addiction specialist in Rutland, Vt., explains that heroin is a very difficult drug to quit, "after a while, you're not doing it to get high. You're doing it to survive. You're doing it so you don't get sick. I mean, the … |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Report: Blackwood Man’s Plight Illustrates Difficulties Fighting Heroin – Patch.com
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Report: Blackwood Man's Plight Illustrates Difficulties Fighting Heroin
Patch.com Marchese was allegedly denied admittance to an emergency room because heroin withdrawal isn't considered life threatening; denied admittance to treatment facilities because heroin treatment wasn't covered by his insurance; and was mostly unable to find … |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
5 things to know about heroin use, getting help – mySanAntonio.com
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5 things to know about heroin use, getting help
mySanAntonio.com FILE – This photo released on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013 by the Massachusetts State Police shows some of the 1,250 packets of heroin labeled "Obamacare" and "Kurt Cobain" which state police troopers confiscated during a traffic stop in Hatfield, Mass. 'We're all paying': Heroin spreads misery in US |