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This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease and Save … – Huffington Post

This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save … – Huffington Post

This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts' Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save
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Tens of thousands of Americans die of HIV and hepatitis each year, and both diseases are strongly linked to intravenous drug use. Many of these lives could be saved through clean needle exchanges, which are illegal in 26 states. | Spencer Platt via

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Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers – Insurance News Net (press release)

Rise in heroin use leads to more patients at treatment centers
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March 17– In 2013, 43 percent of the Wilmington Treatment Center's 2,421 patients were treated for opiate addiction. Bernard Gottschalk, medical director of Wilmington Treatment Center, said opiate addicts have an 85 percent relapse rate. But there is

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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
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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 

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Heroin Epidemic Not Skin Deep

Heroin epidemic not skin deep
Daniel Thomas, an addiction counselor at Detox of La Plata County, said he sees a spectrum of people go to detox trying to withdraw from heroin. “I have seen … Then the price for prescription painkillers increased, and prescriptions were harder to …
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Lawmakers push for drug abuse treatment, recovery funding
The phenomenal program of I-STOP that we put together in the legislature and signed by the governor has its effects of now driving the cost down of heroin," said Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn). "Now we find those youngsters who cannot get …
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From Experimentation to Addiction: A Young Man's Story of Recovery

From Experimentation to Addiction: A Young Man's Story of Recovery
They were going through withdrawal. "We were … Once he snorted heroin, Feliciano knew he would not be stopping anytime soon, even though it scared him to think of what the drug could be "cut," or mixed, with. The high … The next few days were …
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This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease and Save … – Huffington Post

This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts’ Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save … – Huffington Post

This Program Would Save Heroin Addicts' Lives, Help Curb Disease And Save
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And they argue that, because intravenous drug users are often low-income, needle exchanges could significantly reduce the burden on taxpayer-funded public health care by keeping users disease-free. Under U.S. drug paraphernalia law, it's a crime to

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Josh Brolin Talks Heroin Use, Reveals Many Of His Friends Lost Their Battle
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The group's influence led Brolin to explore drugs such as heroin, which recently played a part in the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hoffman died on Feb. 2 of an acute mixed drug intoxication that included heroin, cocaine and prescription pills.
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Josh Brolin Admits Heroin Use, Claims Most Of The Guys He Grew Up With Are The Inquisitr
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Died of Accidental Mixed Drug Intoxication

Philip Seymour Hoffman Died of Accidental Mixed Drug Intoxication
The actor was found dead earlier this month in his West Village apartment.        
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Died From Toxic Mix of Drugs
UPDATED: The actor's death was ruled an accidental overdose, following toxicology and other tests, almost a month after he was found dead in his New York City apartment. read more        
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Heroin Detox Centers in North Carolina part 3 – http://heroindetox.net/heroin-detox-centers-in-north-carolina/ Another detox process that the Heroin Detox Centers in North Carolina offer is the rapid detox…