Outreach Worker Offers Free Testing and Help to Drug Users
Outreach worker offers free testing and help to drug users
But when alcoholics suddenly quit drinking, they can die from withdrawal, Rhodes added. "Quit kits" are now available to make the detox period safer. Rhodes also described how to rescue a person who is overdosing on opiates with a series of steps …
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Ohio's Epidemic
"They're not going to want to go through that withdraw and they'll graduate naturally to heroin." Warning signs of addiction to heroin include coordination problems, seizures, finding needles or seeing burns or bruises. Some of these users don't inject …
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A hard life: heroin use increases in region, strains services
Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription device that can inject a fast acting antidote to heroin and other opioid drugs. It's the latest response to a surge in opioid abuse. Heroin use has … She says by the time most people …
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