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Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
A 20-bed detox facility on Coit Street in New London, run by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc., is in the midst of a $ 900,000 renovation in part to accommodate medical staff for patients suffering the painful effects of

Heroin Detox – Google News

Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram
And they're creeping into the city and buying heroin." … "You get a case manager that helps you navigate welfare, Social Security or housing applications or job applications, or admitting into detox or a halfway house — they're called recovery homes

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Heroin Detox – Google News

HEROIN | It's Cheap, Available, Lethal and on the Rise on Whidbey

HEROIN | It's cheap, available, lethal and on the rise on Whidbey
Washington State Department of Health reports that a total of 23 people in the county were hospitalized for opiate-related overdoses in 2012, as compared to seven a decade earlier. Twelve people died from … While heroin is very addictive, the man …
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Christie Speaks With Compassion on Drug Addiction and Treatment

Christie speaks with compassion on drug addiction and treatment
(CNN) – Republican Gov. Chris Christie teamed up with former Democratic Gov. Jim McGreevey to talk about drug addiction on Thursday, the same day Christie signed a bill aimed to improve treatment programs in New Jersey correctional facilities and …
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Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
In Virginia, heroin-related deaths jumped from 101 to 213 between 2011 and 2013, according to preliminary data, and more than doubled in the District from 2010 to 2013. Addicts seeking publicly funded treatment in Virginia face an average wait of 18 …
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Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug abusers, on the rise in region. By Greg Smith and Izaskun E. Larrañeta …. Local detox facilities are a starting point for long-term treatment for many. A 20-bed detox facility on

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram
And they're creeping into the city and buying heroin." … "You get a case manager that helps you navigate welfare, Social Security or housing applications or job applications, or admitting into detox or a halfway house — they're called recovery homes

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Suboxone: A Double-Edged Sword

Suboxone: A Double-Edged Sword
… her job if she sought help at a detox center. Then Gemma came across Suboxone while trolling the Internet for a way out. She dialed the hotline and set up a consultation at my office. … of buprenorphine (the opioid in Suboxone) made without …
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Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, well-educated area, young people are jeopardizing

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction – Wicked Local Northborough

More Somerville families opening up about heroin addiction
Wicked Local Northborough
The names change but the story is the same. For Vicky Westcott, it's a story that more people need to hear. Only close family friends knew about her son Tommy's problem while he was alive, but nowadays when people ask what happened to him, she tells …

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