Heroin Deaths Outnumbering Those From Killings, Top Law Officials Say
Heroin deaths outnumbering those from killings, top law officials say
Heroin and other opiate addiction is now claiming more lives in many communities than violent crime and car crashes, say America's top law enforcement officials who gathered in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the increasing devastation caused by the drug.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Oakland County authorities address heroin 'epidemic' at forum
Cathy Weir, happy that her son Dan Sims, 22, was in recovery for heroin abuse, was searching the web for what to do next when she discovered Families Against Narcotics, a support group for families dealing with addiction.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results
Martin County Fighting Back Against Meth
Martin County fighting back against meth
A Sheriff along the Treasure Coast is waging war on the dangerous and deadly drug, meth. Martin County Sheriff William Snyder … Now the Sheriff is hoping by talking about the growing problem, and showing the effects of meth. Martin County fighting …
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Drug abuse community forum
… held across the state by DeWine. The attorney general hopes to set up a committee to review all the public forums from across the state and create new recommendations to curb drug abuse and prevent addiction across Ohio. Drug abuse community forum.
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Help Wanted: Personal Tales Show Few Detox Options for Local Heroin Addicts – Palladium-Item
Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item
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Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts
Palladium-Item Bobbie Jo Rains, 28, left, and roommate Kayla Pauly, 24, at Cross Road Christian Recovery Center for Women. Rains is putting her life back together after heroin addiction and time in prison for crimes she committed. / Robert Sullivan/Palladium-Item … |
County officials praise heroin addiction program – The Rock River Times
The Rock River Times |
County officials praise heroin addiction program
The Rock River Times Through this initiative, eligible participants complete their opiate withdrawal while detained in jail, receiving Vivitrol prior to release. The individuals then proceed with traditional programming through the Winnebago County Drug Court, including … Winnebago County Drug Court medication therapy shows success |
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence – Medscape
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Novel Nonopioid Approach Promising for Opioid Dependence
Medscape ORLANDO, Florida ? A novel approach to opioid detoxification that does not involve the use of opioids may be superior to a protocol that includes buprenorphine. The results of a new study show that the combination of tizanidine (Zanaflex, Acorda … |
County officials praise heroin addiction program – The Rock River Times
The Rock River Times |
County officials praise heroin addiction program
The Rock River Times Through this initiative, eligible participants complete their opiate withdrawal while detained in jail, receiving Vivitrol prior to release. The individuals then proceed with traditional programming through the Winnebago County Drug Court, including … Winnebago County Drug Court medication therapy shows success |
Risks Of Popular Anxiety Drugs Often Overshadowed – WKAR
Homeless in Vancouver: South Granville's Security Blanket
Homeless in Vancouver: South Granville's security blanket
Particularly, he has body-knowledge of being dope sick—going through heroin withdrawal. He's compassionate rather than soft. He's heard the sob stories (maybe some of them out of his own mouth). The end result is that he doesn't treat street people as …
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Treatment for opioid overdose now available for use by non-medical personnel
EvzioTM (Kaléo Inc, Richmond, Vancouver) is a prescription treatment that delivers a single dose of naloxone via a hand-held auto-injector that can be carried in a pocket or stored in a medicine cabinet. EvzioTM can be used by trained non-medical …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – NPR
Heroin Addicts Face Barriers To Treatment – NPR
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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. |
Heroin Withdrawal – Google News
Coroner: Bucks inmate died of heart failure during heroin withdrawal – Bucks County Courier Times
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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 cell Coroner: Woman's death in Philly-area prison due to heart attack during heroin … Coroner: Bucks County prison death due to heart attack |