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Heroin Invades Rural Alaska

Heroin invades rural Alaska
Heroin is increasingly finding its way into Alaska's rural communities, a symptom of what authorities describe as a recent boom in the drug's popularity. Click to Continue »
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Watertown Woman Indicted On Heroin Charges
A Watertown woman with a long history of heroin addiction celebrated her 31st birthday Monday by going to jail for allegedly selling the drug.
Heroin Addiction – Yahoo News Search Results

Heroin Use in Oregon: Portland's Central City Concern Claims High Treatment

Heroin use in Oregon: Portland's Central City Concern claims high treatment
Former heroin addict David Fitzgerald stands near the rehabilitation clinic where he works in Portland. Fitzgerald is the leader of the mentor program at Central City Concern, the only Portland rehabilitation clinic that claims a 60 percent success …
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Covington meeting unveils plan to fight heroin epidemic in Northern Kentucky
Public health officials attribute Northern Kentucky's high infection rate to the region's high levels of the intravenous (IV) use of heroin.8; Admissions for heroin addiction increased from 64 percent in 2009 to 87 percent in 2012 at the region's only …
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Heroin on the border
Northern New Mexico's Rio Arriba County, with a little more than 40,000 in population, is routinely reported as leading the nation in heroin use and deaths per population. Recent reports say that the percentage of high school kids in Rio Arriba using …
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New York Lawmakers Take Aim at Heroin Resurgence

New York Lawmakers Take Aim At Heroin Resurgence
New York lawmakers have introduced a set of bills to help fight heroin with tougher penalties for dealers, more funding for overdose-reversal drugs and increased better coverage for treatment.
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

New York lawmakers take aim at scourge of heroin
ALBANY, N.Y. | New York lawmakers are putting forward a package of legislation that seeks to fight the resurgence of heroin with tougher penalties for dealers, more funding for overdose-reversal drugs and increased insurance coverage for treatment.
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

State task force faces uphill battle against heroin
Oneonta, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A New York State Senate task force brings experts on all sides of heroin epidemic together for forum on how to fight the dangerous drug.
Heroin Detox – Yahoo News Search Results

Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers
Boston Globe
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.

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Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Doctors say heroin treatment is available
TheDay.com
"Heroin is cheaper and it stops the painful withdrawal symptoms (from prescription opiates)," said Parekh. "But I try to tell them, whatever pain you had when you started, the pain of heroin is much worse." Despite the long and well-known history of

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NY Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Curb Flood of Mexican Heroin Into the State – Fox News Latino

NY Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Curb Flood Of Mexican Heroin Into The State – Fox News Latino

NY Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Curb Flood Of Mexican Heroin Into The State
Fox News Latino
Four months later, in March 2013 – after detox, inpatient treatment, meetings and stints of sobriety – Laree, who graduated high school at 16, was found dead in her bed of an apparent overdose five days shy of her 19th birthday. A study by the

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug abusers, on the rise in region. By Greg Smith and Izaskun E. Larrañeta …. Local detox facilities are a starting point for long-term treatment for many. A 20-bed detox facility on

'Your Voice, Your Vote:' Prescription Drug Abuse

'Your Voice, Your Vote:' Prescription drug abuse
And what's even scarier is prescription painkiller abuse can lead to heroin addiction. Former Oregon U.S. Attorney Dwight Holton, who is now CEO of Lines of Life, a nonprofit agency that works to prevent substance abuse and suicide; Dr. Sharon Meieran …
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BC-US–Heroin Across America,ADVISORY, US
Then one night in June 2010, a strung-out Marchese went to the emergency room, frantically seeking help. The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. Marchese and his sister stayed up all …
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