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Heroin Deaths on the Rise in Arizona

Heroin deaths on the rise in Arizona
My next-door neighbor's on heroin,'" says Candy Murray Abbott, who helped her own 27-year-old son through withdrawal. Heroin-related deaths have more than tripled in Butler County, where Hamilton is the county seat. There were 55 deaths last year, and …
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New Jersey Herald – AP News in Brief at 10:58 pm EDT
PERTH, Australia (AP) – A British navy ship with sophisticated sound-locating equipment arrived Monday in a patch of the southern Indian Ocean to determine whether underwater sounds picked up by a Chinese ship crew using a hand-held device came from …
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Fighting Heroin Addiction / Treatment Beds Needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
Press of Atlantic City
That was never particularly true. But now the evidence is overwhelming. The disease of heroin addiction is everywhere – in fancy suburbs, in middle-class families, even in largely rural areas like Cape May and Cumberland counties. And people have, in
Heroin epidemic younger, whiterToledo Blade
Think you can recognize the face of an addict? Think againIndiana Gazette

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com

Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction
NBCNews.com
Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction. A family of eight outside Boston is struggling with their second-oldest son's heroin addiction. Recently, he overdosed, and paramedics revived him with Narcan. About Us · Careers · Contact

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Fighting Heroin Addiction / Treatment Beds Needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
Press of Atlantic City
Because heroin detox is not considered a life-threatening health issue (tell that to an addict or his family), many insurers refuse to pay for full treatment. Pennsylvania requires health insurers to provide coverage for treatment services considered
Heroin epidemic younger, whiterToledo Blade

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe

Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system
Boston Globe
That includes beds in inpatient detox services, short-term post-detox services, and recovery homes where substance abusers receive long-term treatment designed to help them lead drug-free, independent lives. The Department of Public Health said it

Heroin Detox – Google News

Help wanted: Personal tales show few detox options for local heroin addicts – Palladium-Item

Heroin Is on the Rise in the Hudson Valley

Heroin is on the rise in the Hudson Valley
Heroin has become so prevalent in Ulster, Sullivan and Orange counties, it knows no geographical or economic boundary.
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results

Fighting Heroin Addiction / Treatment Beds Needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed – Press of Atlantic City

Fighting heroin addiction / Treatment beds needed
Press of Atlantic City
That was never particularly true. But now the evidence is overwhelming. The disease of heroin addiction is everywhere – in fancy suburbs, in middle-class families, even in largely rural areas like Cape May and Cumberland counties. And people have, in
Heroin epidemic younger, whiterToledo Blade
Think you can recognize the face of an addict? Think againIndiana Gazette

all 3 news articles »

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Family’s ‘Full-Time Job’ Is Managing Son’s Heroin Addiction – NBCNews.com

Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction
NBCNews.com
Family's 'Full-Time Job' Is Managing Son's Heroin Addiction. A family of eight outside Boston is struggling with their second-oldest son's heroin addiction. Recently, he overdosed, and paramedics revived him with Narcan. About Us · Careers · Contact

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Tennessee Adopts Legislation to Criminally Prosecute Drugaddicted Pregnant

Tennessee adopts legislation to criminally prosecute drugaddicted pregnant
If the bill becomes law, its text states, “a mother can be prosecuted for an assaultive offense or homicide if she illegally takes a narcotic drug while pregnant and the child is born addicted, is harmed, or dies because of the drug.” Under the new …
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Drug addict cannot forgive herself because her daughter was born a heroin addict
Corraine Casey, now 35, smoked heroin while pregnant and even during labour. As a result, her daughter Georgia, now 11, was born addicted to the drug. Now Corraine says she will never forgive herself because her daughter was born an addict.
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