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Heroin Stalks Main Street

Heroin Stalks Main Street
Addiction to pain pills often leads to use of heroin because of its low cost. One hit can cost as little as $ 10. Len is a young adult and a life-long Philipstown resident. A former heroin user, he also beat his addiction through treatment. While on …
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Phoenix man recovering from heroin addiction, sibling still struggling
If you had no clue about heroin, you would ask, 'Do you need some cough medicine or something?' " Alex eventually had a $ 60-a-day heroin addiction. It also cost his job and a girlfriend. After four years, he'd had enough. "I decided it's not worth it …
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Heroin and Painkiller Deaths Require Public Health Policies – Huffington Post

Heroin and Painkiller Deaths Require Public Health Policies – Huffington Post

Heroin and Painkiller Deaths Require Public Health Policies
Huffington Post
In the U.S., Suboxone was FDA approved for office-based treatment of opiate dependence by general physicians in 2002, based on its safety profile and its combination of buprenorphine with naloxone, which causes withdrawal symptoms when injected 

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Why is Heroin Claiming More American Lives? | #TheShortAnswer w/Jason Bellini – The recent deaths of actors Cory Monteith and Philip Seymour Hoffman has shined a spotlight on the rise in heroin use in the U.S. What’s the connection to op…


Babies Born Addicted Growing Problem Across Western Pennsylvania

Babies born addicted growing problem across Western Pennsylvania
Many pregnant women enroll in drug rehab programs, typically taking methadone or subutex. But those drugs … Some of the mothers are Westmoreland County jail inmates. In 2013, 32 inmates tested positive for pregnancy; 13 were sent to Magee to start …
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CONNOLLY: Consider the Big Picture

CONNOLLY: Consider the big picture
The effects of heroin use are not limited to the user alone. While heroin can be deadly to the user, heroin dealing has the potential to rip apart a city or a community. Open-air drug markets in cities such as Wilmington, Delaware and Camden, New …
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Michael Murphy calls for regional approach to heroin epidemic
“Heroin use has had a devastating effect on the City of Milwaukee and surrounding communities,” Alderman Hamilton said. “It is now imperative that we take a regional approach to stemming the impact of this drug – a drug that doesn't recognize municipal …
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What's It Really Like to Withdraw From Heroin and Painkillers?

What's it really like to withdraw from heroin and painkillers?
Movie depictions of heroin withdrawal — from frenzied and frothing to debased and pleading — both exaggerated and fell short of conveying the real agonies that opioid addicts face, say those who've been through it. Frank Sinatra didn't get it quite …
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Spreading awareness against drug abuse
According to psychiatrists, narcotic drugs like LSD, cannabis, cocaine, heroin and others elevate levels of a brain chemical, known as Dopamine, which triggers a high and creates a transient feeling of well being. This 'artificial happiness' is …
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Heroin: It felt so good, until an overdose almost killed me
When I did, I began suffering the classic signs of withdrawal: runny nose, sweating, muscle aches, tremors and through-the-roof anxiety. The slightest thing would set me off. I began having emotional meltdowns in front of my mom, who thought I was …
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Geoff Calkins: ‘Rampant’ Heroin Use Leaves Grim Memphis Carnage – Memphis Commercial Appeal

Geoff Calkins: ‘Rampant’ heroin use leaves grim Memphis carnage – Memphis Commercial Appeal

Geoff Calkins: 'Rampant' heroin use leaves grim Memphis carnage
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Meghan Dawkins and her son, Cameron, enjoy an afternoon at Central Park in Southaven. Using heroin during her pregnancy, Dawkins delivered Cameron a month early. Even then, nobody knew about the heroin. A week later, the baby had a seizure.

Heroin Addiction – Google News

KTLA Morning News hosts Dr. Howard Samuels to discuss heroin addiction and Phillip Seymour Hoffman – The recent death of Phillip Seymour Hoffman sparks a wide discussion on the rise in heroin addiction again on KTLA’s morning news and features addiction expe…