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UR Asks Student Heroin Users to Get Help – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

UR asks student heroin users to get help – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle


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UR asks student heroin users to get help
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Investigators with the Rochester Police Department and the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office have not attributed Richard's death to drug use, although students and published reports have speculated that heroin played a role. In carefully crafted …
University Of Rochester President Asks Drug Users To Seek HelpWXXI News

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The scourge of heroin addiction – Boston Globe

The scourge of heroin addiction
Boston Globe
For example, why is medication management for the treatment of heroin/opioid addiction scorned by so many? In a recent Boston Globe article, Hillary Jacobs, director of Substance Abuse Services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acknowledged that …
Candidate's viewpoint: Eric Lesser discusses policies to address heroin addictionMassLive.com

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Hanover vs. Heroin: Not Just an Urban Problem

Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem
Tracy Lawrence-Felton's world changed the day her son died of a heroin overdose. It was like she had been given a new life, she said. That new life is filled with questions that, four years after her son's death, still remain unanswered. Why doesn't Hanover have more treatment options for addicts? Why do people still assume heroin use is just an urban problem? As she searches for answers, she …
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

Addiction Recovery for Family

Addiction Recovery for Family – An important part of sustained sobriety is healthy changes within the family. Many family members enable their loved one to continue substance abuse. They al…


Crimea Side-Effect: Addicts Deprived of Methadone – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports

Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone – Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) – Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about to end.
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results

FDA approves user-friendly device to reverse opioid drug overdoses
Family, friends or passersby Consumers who encounter a person passed out from a heroin or other opiod overdose may soon be able to administer a drug to reverse the effects themselves before waiting for first responders to arrive. The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday the approval of auto-injector device, called Evzio, to administer naloxone hydrochloride. It can be carried in …
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results

Seeing Addiction for What It Is

Seeing addiction for what it is
Today we face a serious health care epidemic spurred on from the rapid rise of addiction to powerful narcotics that are easily obtainable and highly addictive. This social and health emergency begins from the medicine itself in a cycle that we have once seen. Heroin itself was legally sold on the market briefly in the early 1900s as a cough suppressant until it was outlawed as addiction became …
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Seized Crime Money To Fund Heroin Antidote Program In New York
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the Community Overdose Prevention program on Thursday, saying it will let every state and local law enforcement officer carry naloxone.
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County Judge Wants Drug Rehab at Jail – Medina County Gazette

County judge wants drug rehab at jail – Medina County Gazette

County judge wants drug rehab at jail
Medina County Gazette
He said most heroin addicts who come through his court physically detox while in jail, but return to the drug or commit additional crimes soon after being released. “We are already using the jail informally as a detox center,” the judge said. “We are

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Senate panel told state overwhelmed by opiate overdoses – The Daily News of Newburyport

Senate panel told state overwhelmed by opiate overdoses
The Daily News of Newburyport
Phil Lahey, a Methuen father of a recovering addict, said there are few options to get medium-term treatment, a stabilizing time between the initial detoxification and a long-term residential program. “After the five-day spin dry, we're stuck again

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