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Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
A few nights later, Brennan was in a detox program in Chantilly. And Walker, 27, was dead. He'd taken one last hit, in a bathroom of his family's home in Springfield, and collapsed with the needle still in his arm. The sentencing last week of a D.C

Heroin Detox – Google News

Louisville to pay 0K to dead inmate’s family – The Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay $ 160K to dead inmate's family
The Courier-Journal
Dec. 19, 2012 (Photo: Scott Utterback/The Courier-Journal). SHARE 15 CONNECT 5 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. The city has agreed to pay $ 160,000 to the family of a heroin addict who died in 2012 while detoxing at the city jail. Savannah Sparks, 27 …

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan

How to Fix Rehab: Expert Who Lost Son to Addiction Has a Plan
Editor's note: This story is part of a series, Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic, that will be featured on NBC News from April 7-9. The call came on a Saturday, a day after Thomas McLellan told an auditorium of graduate students to rethink the science …
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Two caught using heroin in Jeffersonville parking lot
Two young Pennsylvania residents were arrested on Wednesday after state troopers caught them doing heroin in a Jeffersonville parking lot, according to a police news release. The pair — 19-year-old Andrew Ott of Equinunk … According to a recent …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – NPR

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment – NPR

Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment
NPR
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. They gave him an IV flush, and sent him home. Marchese, then 26, and his sister called multiple inpatient clinics only to be told: We have no beds.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times

Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal
Bucks County Courier Times
heroin withdrawal By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer Bucks County Courier Times. A 49-year-old Bensalem woman found dead inside her Bucks County prison cell suffered sudden cardiac death during heroin detoxification, according to the Bucks County coroner.
Prisoner found dead in cellWFMZ Allentown
Coroner: Bucks County prison death due to heart attackThe Reporter

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Officials Gather in Utica to Discuss Local Heroin Problem

Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem
UTICA — Heroin and other opioid addiction is on the rise in New York. On Tuesday, the Senate Joint Task Force held a forum at the State Office Building in Utica.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Justin Bieber Zone: White House Responds to 'Deport Justin Bieber' Petition

Justin Bieber Zone: White House Responds to 'Deport Justin Bieber' Petition
The online petition read: "We the people of the United States feel that we are being wrongly represented in the world of pop culture. We would …. New 'Sons of Anarchy' Season to Start Weeks before Tara's Murder; Marilyn Manson to Guest as Heroin Addict?
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Obama plans clemency for hundreds of drug offenders
Thirty years after skyrocketing urban violence and drug use sparked politicians to impose longer and longer sentences for drug crimes, America now incarcerates a higher rate of its population than any other country in the world. This dubious record has …
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Louisville to Pay $160K to Dead Inmate’s Family – the Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay 0K to dead inmate’s family – The Courier-Journal

Louisville to pay $ 160K to dead inmate's family
The Courier-Journal
Dec. 19, 2012 (Photo: Scott Utterback/The Courier-Journal). SHARE 15 CONNECT 5 TWEET 1 COMMENTEMAILMORE. The city has agreed to pay $ 160,000 to the family of a heroin addict who died in 2012 while detoxing at the city jail. Savannah Sparks, 27 …

Heroin Detox – Google News

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction – Boston Globe

Medication an effective tool in fighting addiction
Boston Globe
Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction has been shown in multiple rigorous clinical trials to increase the likelihood that patients will be able to remain abstinent from the heroin or prescription opioids like oxycodone that fueled their

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Officials gather in Utica to discuss local heroin problem – The Rome Observer