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Vikings Great Robert Smith Meets Alcoholism Head-On

Vikings great Robert Smith meets alcoholism head-on
His father had problems with alcohol, heroin and cocaine and spent time in prison on drug charges. His mother battled …. Your body is kind of going through withdrawals," Smith said. "So you'd get to the … "And my wife was pregnant again (with Grayson).
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Our view: Addiction puts infants at risk
… withdrawals associated with narcotic pain medications. From 2000 to 2010, there was a fivefold increase in the number of pregnant women who used or abused opiates, with these mothers accounting for 5.6 out of 1,000 hospital births annually …
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What I learned from a week in the Alcoa psych ward
I met a federal bounty hunter; a participant in the 1960s' race riots; a man recently laid off from work; an elderly lady whose power of attorney was leveraged against her; an English major deep in debt; a pregnant woman withdrawing from heroin; a well …
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Police Allegedly Find Heroin on Christmas Tree at Louisville Home – WDRB

Police allegedly find heroin on Christmas tree at Louisville home – WDRB

Police allegedly find heroin on Christmas tree at Louisville home
WDRB
(WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police say they found heroin in an unlikely place over the weekend: a Christmas tree. According to an arrest report, officers were called to an apartment on Gills Court, near the intersection of Preston Hwy. and E. Manslick

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Northern New England tackles growing drug problem – Seacoastonline.com

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
Seacoastonline.com
In neighboring Vermont, the number of heroin overdose deaths last year doubled from nine to 17. The number of babies treated for opiate withdrawal syndrome at Vermont hospitals has increased tenfold since 2002, according to the state health department.

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The Brutal Business of Heroin Brings Wave of Overdoses in Pa.

The Brutal Business Of Heroin Brings Wave Of Overdoses In Pa.
According to state and local authorities, 22 people in Western Pennsylvania have died of heroin overdose in less than two weeks. The wave of deaths is due to the appearance of an especially potent batch of heroin, mixed with the painkiller Fentanyl. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Neil Capretto, medical director of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, heroin and the war in Afghanistan
America’s war in Afghanistan is finally winding down, but the long-term drug war with that country is just warming up. And many of the victims of that 21st century global opiate war will be the hundreds of thousands of Americans at every level of society, rich and poor, famous or ignored.
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Celebrities Who've Opened Up About Drug Addiction

Celebrities Who've Opened Up About Drug Addiction
Hoffman was found dead of an apparent heroin overdose on Sunday (Feb. 2) in New York City after years of battling his addictions. He struggled with substance abuse in his twenties, but remained sober for over two decades before relapsing last year.
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Northern New England Tackles Growing Drug Problem – Anchorage Daily News

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem – Anchorage Daily News

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
Anchorage Daily News
In neighboring Vermont, the number of heroin overdose deaths last year doubled from nine to 17. The number of babies treated for opiate withdrawal syndrome at Vermont hospitals has increased tenfold since 2002, according to the state health department.

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Northern New England Tackles Growing Drug Problem – TheNewsTribune.com

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem – TheNewsTribune.com

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
TheNewsTribune.com
In neighboring Vermont, the number of heroin overdose deaths last year doubled from nine to 17. The number of babies treated for opiate withdrawal syndrome at Vermont hospitals has increased tenfold since 2002, according to the state health department.

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Babies born addicted growing problem across Western Pennsylvania – Tribune-Review

Babies born addicted growing problem across Western Pennsylvania
Tribune-Review
Some of the mothers are Westmoreland County jail inmates. In 2013, 32 inmates tested positive for pregnancy; 13 were sent to Magee to start drug withdrawal treatment, said Warden John Walton. “Most of it is heroin (use),” he said. Westmoreland County 

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