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Saving Lives With a Radical Plan

Saving Lives With a Radical Plan
Some argue that it is more important to prevent young people from using illicit drugs, and providing treatment to current addicts, than to provide harm reduction services to prevent the serious consequences of drug use. But no vaccine prevents …
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Thief attacked angina sufferer while she was caring for granddaughter
A drug addict who bit a 64-year-old woman's finger close to the bone during a robbery has been jailed for 19 months. Kirsty Wilson, 33 … close to the bone. She required numerous vaccinations and medication to counter any possible diseases from the …
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Vaccinating Addiction Away
A vaccine “could be used for any addictive molecule,” said study leader and physician Roger Crystal, whose group is also developing a nicotine vaccine. Other researchers are working on vaccines to block the effects of heroin, methamphetamine and …
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Novus Medical Detox Warns of Deadly New Drug: Fentanyl-Laced Heroin … – PharmiWeb.com (Press Release)

Novus Medical Detox Warns of Deadly New Drug: Fentanyl-Laced Heroin … – PharmiWeb.com (press release)

Novus Medical Detox Warns of Deadly New Drug: Fentanyl-Laced Heroin
PharmiWeb.com (press release)
Novus Medical Detox warns the public of an emerging crisis—many addicted individuals are now turning to fentanyl-laced heroin a choice that is costing some their lives. Novus pushes for comprehensive drug education and increasing access to detox and 

Heroin Detox – Google News

The battle to free Taunton from heroin’s deadly grip – Boston Globe

The battle to free Taunton from heroin's deadly grip
Boston Globe
TAUNTON — Three times last week, in the long stone's throw between a small shopping center and a tired gas station, a 35-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man were felled by heroin. One night, they were found outside a CVS …. the heroin surge has

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Heroin Detox – Google News

New Treatment for Opiate Addiction Entitled “Effortless Opiate Withdrawal: A … – PR Urgent (Press Release)

New Treatment For Opiate Addiction Entitled “Effortless Opiate Withdrawal: A … – PR Urgent (press release)

New Treatment For Opiate Addiction Entitled “Effortless Opiate Withdrawal: A
PR Urgent (press release)
Ryan Taylor, an Ivy League college graduate, world traveler and rogue inventor, is the author of a new and innovative opiate detox method entitled “Effortless Opiate Withdrawal: A Personal Journey”. After suffering from a 10 year addiction to

Opiate Detox – Google News

The battle to free Taunton from heroin’s deadly grip – Boston Globe

The battle to free Taunton from heroin's deadly grip
Boston Globe
For the family of Jeff Welch, Melissa's father, the heroin surge has been devastating. There have been at least 15 trips to detox facilities for Melissa, nine halfway houses, and five court-ordered commitments, including time spent at the state prison

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Opiate Detox – Google News

Innocents Lost: Protecting Kids With Hollow Promises

Innocents Lost: Protecting kids with hollow promises
A drug test at the time showed Pouncey had used not just marijuana, but methadone, the anxiety drug benzodiazepine, and opiates. Newborn Marvin suffered the consequences: He endured withdrawal from his mother's drugs and was having trouble feeding.
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Heroin Epidemic Gives Rise to a Generation of ‘Suboxone Babies’ – Al Jazeera America (Blog)

Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of ‘Suboxone babies’ – Al Jazeera America (blog)


Al Jazeera America (blog)

Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of 'Suboxone babies'
Al Jazeera America (blog)
And pregnant women on the drug transmit it to the unborn baby in utero. After birth, a percentage of infants suffer from “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” or withdrawal. By her 20th birthday, Coleman was hooked on heroin, and she lived with the addiction

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

St. Louis settles lawsuit over inmate’s heroin withdrawal death – STLtoday.com

St. Louis settles lawsuit over inmate's heroin withdrawal death
STLtoday.com
ST. LOUIS • The City of St. Louis this week settled a lawsuit that alleged that medical negligence and heroin withdrawal caused the death of a jail inmate. Isaac Bennett Jr. was jailed on July 23, 2007, and told a nurse that he was a heroin addict who

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Former Star Athlete Tells ‘Oprah Prime’ About Her Descent Into Heroin … – Huffington Post

Former Star Athlete Tells ‘Oprah Prime’ About Her Descent Into Heroin … – Huffington Post

Former Star Athlete Tells 'Oprah Prime' About Her Descent Into Heroin
Huffington Post
Now a college drop-out, Claire is addicted to heroin. She recently spoke with Oprah about her accelerated path from scholarship student to drug addict on an episode of "Oprah Prime" focusing on heroin addiction. "This was something I never saw coming," …

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Jackson’s heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse … – MLive.com


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Jackson's heroin problem persists, fueled by prescription drug abuse
MLive.com
Relapse rates for drug addiction are similar to those for other chronic medical illnesses, such as diabetes, hypertension and asthma, which also have physiological and behavioral components. Treatment involves changing deeply embedded behaviors.
NJ task force releases report on heroin, opiate addiction; reforms could begin The Star-Ledger
NJ Panel Issues Recommendations To Combat 'Skyrocketing' Heroin UseCBS Local
Pass bill to track, fight addictionScranton Times-Tribune
Shelby Township Source Newspapers –The New Republic
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