Blogroll

10 Stories From the Cold, Hard Streets of America That Will Break Your Heart

10 Stories From The Cold, Hard Streets Of America That Will Break Your Heart
Many of these pills are prescribed by local doctors either Suboxone to get you off the opiates, a total joke by the way and tons of Xanax why would anyone need 120 Xanax a month how can you even be expected to function. These pills get traded for cash …
Read more on Men’s News Daily

'The Most Gifted Actor of His Generation': Philip Seymour Hoffman's Sad Drug

'The most gifted actor of his generation': Philip Seymour Hoffman's sad drug
Hoffman, who won the Best Actor Oscar for the 2005 film Capote, spent 10 days in a detox facility for heroin use in May last year. At the time, TMZ reported Hoffman had struggled with substance abuse in the past but kicked the habit for 23 years. His …
Read more on NEWS.com.au

Today's letters: Terrorists don't deserve to call themselves 'Canadian'
You do not treat serious drug addition by supplying free heroin or crack pipes any more than you treat tobacco addiction by offering free cigarettes. If you want to conquer the war on drugs, you need to go after the consumers of these products. Rather …
Read more on National Post

The Holistic Sanctuary Aims to Astound the International Medical Community

The Holistic Sanctuary Aims to Astound the International Medical Community
They will locate and then resolve the underlying cause of the addiction, then safely detox all narcotic residue from the body without using prescriptive chemical agents. The brain is treated to a special selection of natural agents to repair damaged …
Read more on PR Web (press release)

South Jersey drug treatment providers: For heroin addicts, more inpatient care
“The thing that will help an opiate addict is to take them off the street,” Thompson said. “You put them in a facility and give them something to wean them off the drug. “Then you treat the addiction,” he continued. “You can't just detox [from opiates …
Read more on Gloucester County Times – NJ.com

Heroin Is a Very Deadly Substance It Can Kill You Very Easily

Heroin is a very deadly substance it can kill you very easily
… inject heroin into one of their veins, which tend to collapse over time. After an initial “rush,” heroin produces a relaxed effect on the entire body, lowering blood pressure and slowing both breathing and pulse (heart rate). The person may …
Read more on The Almagest

Advocates: Heroin Use Fuels Need for Addiction Service Funds

Advocates: Heroin use fuels need for addiction service funds
The early success of a state program that restricts New Yorkers' ability to doctor-shop for prescriptions is fueling a rise in heroin use, addiction treatment providers, patient advocates, legislators and law enforcement officials said Tuesday. Led by the New York Association of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Providers (ASAP), advocates at the Capitol Tuesday called on state leaders to include …
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

New Survey From Caron Treatment Centers Finds More Than 50% Of Women Sought Treatment For Prescription Drugs And Heroin
WERNERSVILLE, Pa., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Heroin and prescription drug addiction are on the rise among affluent women, reveals a new survey from Caron Treatment Centers, a leader and nationally recognized non-profit provider of alcohol and drug addiction treatment. The online survey polled former female patients at Caron and Hanley Center who were treated for addiction …
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

OUR OPINION: Stepping Out of Drug Addiction’s Shadow – the Patriot Ledger

OUR OPINION: Stepping out of drug addiction’s shadow – The Patriot Ledger

OUR OPINION: Stepping out of drug addiction's shadow
The Patriot Ledger
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 

and more »

Heroin Detox – Google News

Budget boosts funds for NJ drug courts – Vineland Daily Journal

Budget boosts funds for NJ drug courts
Vineland Daily Journal
In New Jersey, that can be hard to find, where access to detox and rehabilitation facilities can be difficult even though the abuse is widely characterized as epidemic. In Ocean County, which has experienced a spike in heroin and opiate deaths

and more »

Heroin Detox – Google News