Lawmaker Introduces Bills to Combat Heroin Abuse
Lawmaker introduces bills to combat Heroin abuse
Nygren's daughter, Cassandra, has been struggling with a heroin addiction. The proposals would require people picking up … Nygren says none of the bills are "silver bullets." The state Justice Department launched a heroin awareness campaign last week.
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Judges in Ohio use injections to combat drug addiction
Vivitrol is a derivative of Naltrexone developed about 30 years ago to prevent heroin relapses. The government approved Naltrexone to treat heroin addiction in 1984 and for alcoholism in 1994. Naltrexone was developed in the form of a pill. However …
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Drug-dependent babies on the rise in UC
But mom's drug is no longer in their system — which means life outside the womb for babies born with neonatal withdrawal syndrome is one of misery as they are slowly weaned from the narcotic their tiny bodies grew to depend on long before their first …
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