Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe
Heroin epidemic exposes deficiencies in care system – Boston Globe
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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 … |
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 … |
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer
Somerville Groups Look to Combat Increase in Heroin Overdoses
Somerville groups look to combat increase in heroin overdoses
Maureen and Michael advocate earlier and more practical anti-drug education for students as well as parents, as well as legislation bolstering detox, rehab, recovery and support services – but the culture of shame and secrecy around addiction must …
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Frustration vented at drug forum
Pete Cobb, president of the Londonderry Volunteer Rescue Squad, said what the squad sees when they go on heroin or other drug related calls has changed. … If someone is suicidal, then they have a small chance of getting into a detox program…but for …
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Heroin Epidemic Gives Rise to a Generation of 'Suboxone Babies'
Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of 'Suboxone babies'
And pregnant women on the drug transmit it to the unborn baby in utero. After birth, a percentage of infants suffer from “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” or withdrawal. By her 20th birthday, Coleman was hooked on heroin, and she lived with the addiction …
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Heroin problem rises nationally, locally
According to Psychology Today in 2012, relapse rates, defined as moderate to mild slip-ups in drug use, were estimated between 70 to 90 percent. “Within three to six months after people get out of detox or treatment, anywhere from two-thirds to three …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – the Journal News / Lohud.com
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – The Journal News / Lohud.com
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Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
The Journal News / Lohud.com 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
Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of ‘Suboxone babies’ – Al Jazeera America (blog)
Al Jazeera America (blog) |
Heroin epidemic gives rise to a generation of 'Suboxone babies'
Al Jazeera America (blog) And pregnant women on the drug transmit it to the unborn baby in utero. After birth, a percentage of infants suffer from “neonatal abstinence syndrome,” or withdrawal. By her 20th birthday, Coleman was hooked on heroin, and she lived with the addiction … |
Barnstaple Man Caught With Scales, Cash and £1200 Worth of Heroin Denies …
Barnstaple man caught with scales, cash and £1200 worth of heroin denies …
The street value may have been £1,219 but what I paid for it was completely different. I paid about £300.” He said he had given a small amount of his personal supply to a friend who was suffering withdrawal symptoms but had not sold it. The trial …
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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
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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
Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: ‘This Is Not the Life I Want’ – NBCNews.com
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Mom of 2 Heroin Addicts: 'This Is Not the Life I Want'
NBCNews.com Editor's note: This story is part of a series, Hooked: America's Heroin Epidemic, that will be featured on NBC News from April 7-9. When they were little, Ben and Ryan used to ride their bikes together on the quiet streets of their suburban St. Louis … Former Putnam teacher, heroin addict appears on TV news series Hooked: A teacher's addiction and the new face of heroin |