Heroin: Treating Kitsap's Addiction | Herald Series
Heroin: Treating Kitsap's addiction | Herald series
“It's almost normal to do heroin.” While needle exchanges are a good opportunity to talk to addicts about kicking the habit, Lindquist notes, they are meant for public health, not treatment. Clean needles means cutting down on the spread of diseases …
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VA's opiate overload feeds veterans' addictions, leading to overdose deaths
His orders: detox from a brutal addiction to painkillers. Army Spc. Jeffrey Waggoner was … He had only the clothes on his back, his watch, an MP3 player and a two-page pain contract the Army made him sign, a promise to get clean. But instead of …
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Woman found dead in Bucks County prison cell
Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said Valene Karaharisis of Philadelphia was “detoxing” during heroin withdrawal and was on medical watch. “We believe that she was a very … “She was working on getting clean,” he said. “She was happy that …
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