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Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe

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

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 …

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Heroin Detox – Google News

For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And ‘Peddling Hope’ – WBUR

Heroin Spreads Misery Throughout U.S.

Heroin spreads misery throughout U.S.
By Amy Forliti, Dan Sewelll and Nigel Duara, AP On a beautiful Sunday last October, Detective Dan Douglas stood in a suburban Minnesota home and looked down at a lifeless 20-year-old — a needle mark in his arm, a syringe in his pocket. It didn’t take long for Douglas to realize that the man, fresh […]
Heroin Withdrawal – Yahoo News Search Results

Editorial: Opiate-Overdose Antidote Will Save Lives

Editorial: Opiate-overdose antidote will save lives
When delivered into the muscle or beneath the skin, the drug can temporarily reverse the effects of opiates such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and heroin. The Food and Drug Administration last week approved sales of the device. Relatives and caregivers of …
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Braintree community forum tackles opiate overdoses
“You can try to wish this issue away or you can confront it,” he said at the start of the April 3 instructional forum he hosted, in association with Braintree's Community Partnership on Substance Abuse, in the packed Cahill Auditorium of town hall …
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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

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

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 seriesThe Journal News | LoHud.com
Hooked: A teacher's addiction and the new face of heroinToday.com

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United Exiting Concourse D; County Funding Threatened; Call to Impeach Judge

United exiting Concourse D; county funding threatened; call to impeach judge
Kyle Wirtz shared his story of heroin addiction at a town hall in Solon examining the heroin epidemic's effects on the suburbs. Cory Shaffer, Northeast Ohio Media Group. Heroin addiction, need for mental health services often intertwined. A Cleveland …
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Heroin Epidemic Exposes Deficiencies in Care System – Boston Globe

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

For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And ‘Peddling Hope’ – WBUR

For Heroin Treatment, Testing A New Drug And 'Peddling Hope'
WBUR
For years, the jail's medical director, Steve Descoteaux, and his team would help inmates detox, get health insurance and counseling, connect them to a recovery program, and set up a treatment appointment for the day of their release. “Just about all

Heroin Detox – Google News

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer