OUR OPINION: Stepping Out of Drug Addiction's Shadow
OUR OPINION: Stepping out of drug addiction's shadow
Thanks to one reader who shared a photo of herself holding a friend's hand as he lay in a drug-induced coma after a heroin overdose. He died Jan. 16. We are going to copy every message we receive and send them all to Patrick, Massachusetts Secretary of …
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State budget adds .5M to expand drug courts
TRENTON — Working with a budget heavily weighted by pension, health benefits and debt costs, Gov. Chris Christie is adding another $ 4.5 million in his 2015 spending plan to expand drug court programs. The $ 4.5 million, which would go to drug courts in …
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East Texas Police Seek Solution to Synthetic Marijuana Problem – Longview News-Journal
East Texas police seek solution to synthetic marijuana problem – Longview News-Journal
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East Texas police seek solution to synthetic marijuana problem
Longview News-Journal A trip to the hospital helped cement the end of James Young's potpourri use. “It super heats your body. My core temperature was never below 100 degrees,” he said. Withdrawals from the potpourri, he said, were 10 times worse than detoxing from opiates. |
Prescription-Drug Battle Fuels Rise in Heroin Use in US – Tico Times
Prescription-drug battle fuels rise in heroin use in US – Tico Times
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Prescription-drug battle fuels rise in heroin use in US
Tico Times He said the government could have acted sooner to mitigate heroin's toll, such as by promoting the use of medicines to fight overdoses and ease withdrawal symptoms. The government itself predicted that targeting prescription drugs could give heroin use … |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Joshua Path “Heroin Will Bring Us Back Together Again” – iTUNES LINK: http://bit.ly/gk6eSb “Heroin Will Bring Us Back Together Again” is the fifteenth and final track on Joshua Path’s fifth album Headlight In The S…
Toledo Woman Struggles to Escape Heroin's Lethal Grip
Toledo woman struggles to escape heroin's lethal grip
The state especially needs far more effective medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence — treatment that eases withdrawal pains with drugs such as Suboxone. … In 1999, a motorcycle accident on Alexis Road tore up her back, hips, and legs.
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Indy's heroin epidemic: It's cheap, easy to get, deadly
The U.S. Government Accountability Office traces the painkiller boom back to 1995, when the Food and Drug Administration approved a controlled-release pain pill called OxyContin in response to complaints that patients with cancer and other chronic …
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Withdrawal effects stick with users
After nine years of not using heroin, John said he remembers less about what getting high feels like than the withdrawal. "Even when you're out there getting high, you'll have have these moments … "Once the pain of getting high was worse than the …
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Time for Action
Time for action
Heroin summit seeks framework for community action
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Sen. Markey to Discuss Drug Abuse Crisis in Mass.
Sen. Markey to discuss drug abuse crisis in Mass.
HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is planning to join Congressman Richard Neal and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse to discuss heroin and prescription drug abuse in western Massachusetts.
Opiate Detox – Yahoo News Search Results
Suboxone Detox | Subutex Detox Treatment Program – http://floridadetox.com/opiate-deto/suboxone-detox-rapid-detox/ | Suboxone Detox Treatment | Florda Detox has a rapid opiate detox for those patients addicte…