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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death: The face of heroin abuse is changing
After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s tragic death last week of an apparent drug overdose, a media spotlight has been placed on heroin abuse.  This spotlight is coming at the right time, because the face of heroin addiction is changing.
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The Facts About Heroin
On the day Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an apparent heroin overdose, so did roughly 100 other Americans — 100 lives claimed by heroin or some other drug. "Everyone's talking about him, and we want to know whose phone numbers were in his cellphone," says Steve Pasierb, president and CEO of The Partnership at Drugfree.org. Consider that in 2010, there were 38,329 such deaths in the United …
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Heroin like returning to the womb
People gather outside Philip Seymour Hoffman's home. Photo: Reuters. It's also one of the drugs that fuelled US Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's substance addiction, played a part in the death of Australian actor Heath Ledger and …
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Addiction Helpline in Lackawanna Provides Recovery Information for Teens
Many young adults in Lackawanna, NY struggle with an alcohol and drug addiction on a daily basis. Unfortunately, many don't know where to turn for help. For many years, very little information on rehab was available for young adults in Lackawanna …
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Heroin seizures continue to rise – KLFY

Heroin seizures continue to rise KLFY And with increased usage comes increased admissions into detox and addiction facilities like the Victory Addiction and Recovery Center in Lafayette. While there is a stigma attached to heroin abuse, Victory's Clinical Director, Katie Buller says it …

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When calling 911 can land you in jail
As Philip Seymour Hoffman's friends, family and admirers come to terms with his tragic and untimely death and fentanyl-laced heroin kills addicts across the Northeast, the media have responded to the news in the best way it knows how: with a seemingly …
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Skyrocketing heroin use in Central Oregon
“It's just a matter of time before somebody offers you the heroin or you know where you can get it,” said Barrett Hamilton, a recovery mentor at Best Care Treatment Centers in Redmond. “And even though you … It makes for a hellish withdrawal …
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Voices: 'Heroin abuse looks like my dad'
Heroin kills. The drug devastates the body, erodes the mind, eats at the teeth and leaves ugly track marks. But the physical toll on the individual does not compare with the emotional vacuum of a person the drug creates. Shooting up becomes their world …
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A suburban heroin addict describes his brush with death and his hopes for a … – Washington Post (blog)

Washington Post (blog)

A suburban heroin addict describes his brush with death and his hopes for a … Washington Post (blog) 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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What are signs and symptoms of heroin use? – Greg and Mike share signs and symptoms of people who use heroin.

Vikings great Robert Smith meets alcoholism head-on
His father had problems with alcohol, heroin and cocaine and spent time in prison on drug charges. His mother battled …. Your body is kind of going through withdrawals," Smith said. "So you'd get to the … "And my wife was pregnant again (with Grayson).
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Our view: Addiction puts infants at risk
… withdrawals associated with narcotic pain medications. From 2000 to 2010, there was a fivefold increase in the number of pregnant women who used or abused opiates, with these mothers accounting for 5.6 out of 1,000 hospital births annually …
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What I learned from a week in the Alcoa psych ward
I met a federal bounty hunter; a participant in the 1960s' race riots; a man recently laid off from work; an elderly lady whose power of attorney was leveraged against her; an English major deep in debt; a pregnant woman withdrawing from heroin; a well …
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