Long a Nexus of Rx Drug Abuse, Staten Island Now Faces Heroin's Scourge
Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin's scourge
A young person, most often from Staten Island or Long Island, starts taking a few painkillers, then gets hooked, then, when the habit becomes too expensive, or the pills become scarce, switches over to heroin. Except as risky as painkillers are to …
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The Brutal Business Of Heroin Brings Wave Of Overdoses In Pa.
What does going through opium or heroin withdrawal feel like? It feels like a very bad case of the flu multiplied times 10. They call it dope sickness. So it's basically marketing. We will treat your withdrawal symptoms if you're, quote, "dope sick …
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Junky and William Burroughs' oblique moral vision
Personally, I read plenty of compulsion in this vivid catalogue of withdrawal and fix, scores and sales. It's a head-first and fully immersed … After all, if you believe his account, he started taking heroin for similar reasons: "You become a …
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Is Jenelle Evans's Boyfriend Nathan Griffith Afraid She'll Relapse?
Girlfriend is currently clean, sober, and — to quote Britney Spears — stronger than yesterday, and it's partially thanks to her new baby daddy, Nathan Griffith! Jenelle and Nathan met and fell in love shortly after she sobered up, and Nathan recently …
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