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The Story of Two Users

The story of two users
Editor's note — This is part one of a two-part series exploring the problem of heroin in the region. The second part will appear in the … “They created a rock bottom for me that I hadn't experienced,” she said. Being “clean” in jail made her kind of …
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In The Wake Of Tragedy, The Possibility of Understanding
The death of the brilliant actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, killed by an apparent heroin overdose at the age of 46, is a frightening reminder of the torture that is addiction. After a bout with drugs when … But he started taking prescription pain pills …
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Had ‘hard-core’ Drug Addiction – Telegraph.co.uk

Philip Seymour Hoffman had ‘hard-core’ drug addiction – Telegraph.co.uk


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Philip Seymour Hoffman had 'hard-core' drug addiction
Telegraph.co.uk
Philip Seymour Hoffman had a "hard-core" drug addiction and injected twice as much heroine a day as a typical addict, according to his alleged dealer. Robert Vineberg, a jazz musician, was arrested two days after the 46-year-old actor's death as police 
Doc: My state in addiction strangleholdCNN
Philip Seymour Hoffman Defies Heroin Addict StereotypesGuardian Liberty Voice
Inside Philip Seymour Hoffman's Losing Battle With Heroin AddictionStarpulse.com
Entertainment Weekly (blog) –Longmont Daily Times-Call –Washington Post
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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Stars' Herion Overdoses Shine Light on What Could Be a Fatal Addiction

Stars' herion overdoses shine light on what could be a fatal addiction
NIDA says heroin abuse is often associated with fatal overdose, spontaneous abortion and infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV, and users may develop collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses, constipation and …
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Rehab expert: Focus should be disease, not celebs
Get the drug dealer. Who shot them up? It's all become very predictable. As a heroin addict myself, living in New York for many years, I thought I knew what I was doing but I did not. It is just by luck or the grace of God that I sit here writing you …
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Inside Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Losing Battle With Heroin Addiction – Starpulse.com

Inside Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Losing Battle With Heroin Addiction – Starpulse.com


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Inside Philip Seymour Hoffman's Losing Battle With Heroin Addiction
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Still, as expert as he was at blending in, he did draw attention when he turned up at the Barrow Street Alehouse after returning from a 10-day detox for heroin addiction last spring. “I remember he had just gotten back from rehab, and he ordered one
100 Americans die of drug overdoses each day. How do we stop that?Washington Post (blog)
Actor Hoffman's death affirms Ocean County war on heroinPress of Atlantic City
Hidden Addiction: Heroin In The SuburbsKEYE TV
TIME –MaltaToday (blog) –NJ.com (blog)
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Heroin Detox – Google News

Long a nexus of Rx drug abuse, Staten Island now faces heroin’s scourge – SILive.com

Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in NYC Apartment

Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead in NYC Apartment
Remember celebrities we lost last year. Hoffman has struggled with drug addiction for years and entered a detox facility for heroin last spring. He had been … Canton Daily Ledger – Canton, IL | P.O. Box 540, 53 W. Elm Canton, IL 61520. <html> <head …
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Sherry Lynn Wilkins, Woman Who Drove With Man On Car, Guilty Of Murder
Wilkins, who acknowledged having served time for residential burglaries over the years, said she kicked the heroin habit with the help of methadone and more recently had been using medical marijuana. She told of obtaining a degree in addiction …
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PART 3: Death of 27-Year-Old Inmate “Appears to Have Been Preventable” – WDRB

PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate “appears to have been preventable” – WDRB

PART 3: Death of 27-year-old inmate "appears to have been preventable"
WDRB
Sparks, 27, had been a daily heroin user and spent the last four days suffering withdrawal symptoms. In the middle of the night on April 12, 2012, a nurse at Louisville Metro Corrections thought Sparks was dehydrated and decided she needed to see a doctor.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem – The Herald | HeraldOnline.com

Northern New England tackles growing drug problem
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
In neighboring Vermont, the number of heroin overdose deaths last year doubled from nine to 17. The number of babies treated for opiate withdrawal syndrome at Vermont hospitals has increased tenfold since 2002, according to the state health department.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News