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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – Bucks County Courier Times

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – Bucks County Courier Times

Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
Bucks County Courier Times
In her third day of heroin detox in the Bucks County prison on March 22, Marlene Yarnall received the scheduled doses of medications to ease her withdrawal symptoms around 8:15 a.m., according to a prison administrator. For the next three hours

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Novus Medical Detox Warns of Deadly New Drug: Fentanyl-Laced Heroin … – PharmiWeb.com (press release)

Novus Medical Detox Warns of Deadly New Drug: Fentanyl-Laced Heroin
PharmiWeb.com (press release)
Novus Medical Detox warns the public of an emerging crisis—many addicted individuals are now turning to fentanyl-laced heroin a choice that is costing some their lives. Novus pushes for comprehensive drug education and increasing access to detox and …

Heroin Detox – Google News

STATELINE: Good Samaritan Laws, Naloxone Help States Combat Overdose Deaths

STATELINE: Good Samaritan laws, naloxone help states combat overdose deaths
Chris Christie, left, sits with singer Jon Bon Jovi, right, while visiting patients at the Turning Point drug rehab program at Barnert Medical Arts Complex in Paterson, N.J., on May 2, 2013. AP photo … According to the most recent data from the …
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Jon Rothstein with Wisconsin's Bo Ryan
Former NBA center John Salley stopped by Boomer and Carton to discuss how long he thinks it will take for Phil Jackson to turn the Knicks into a contender. Daniel Murphy takes … Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. joined Boomer and Carton to discuss Mark …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment – Fox News

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment – Fox News

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
Fox News
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. Doctors gave him an IV flush to clean out his system, and sent him home. Marchese and his sister stayed up all night calling inpatient

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Fast Facts About Some Obstacles to Heroin Sobriety – The Epoch Times

Fast Facts About Some Obstacles to Heroin Sobriety
The Epoch Times
Insurance companies have refused coverage. Addicts looking to get clean from heroin often face an uphill battle. A quick look at the process, and some of the obstacles to getting sober: • Withdrawal: Once in withdrawal, users feel like their bones are

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment across US – Taunton Daily Gazette

Outreach Worker Offers Free Testing and Help to Drug Users

Outreach worker offers free testing and help to drug users
But when alcoholics suddenly quit drinking, they can die from withdrawal, Rhodes added. "Quit kits" are now available to make the detox period safer. Rhodes also described how to rescue a person who is overdosing on opiates with a series of steps …
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Ohio's Epidemic
"They're not going to want to go through that withdraw and they'll graduate naturally to heroin." Warning signs of addiction to heroin include coordination problems, seizures, finding needles or seeing burns or bruises. Some of these users don't inject …
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A hard life: heroin use increases in region, strains services
Last week the Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription device that can inject a fast acting antidote to heroin and other opioid drugs. It's the latest response to a surge in opioid abuse. Heroin use has … She says by the time most people …
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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

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 …
Hooked: A teacher's addiction and the new face of heroinToday.com
Former Putnam teacher, heroin addict appears on TV news seriesThe Journal News | LoHud.com

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

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
As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for inpatient rehab
Heroin addicts face barriers to recoveryBeaver Dam Daily Citizen

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Prescription Drug Abuse a Problem

Prescription drug abuse a problem
The House Public Health Committee is looking to “recommend strategies to curb emerging substance abuse trends among children, pregnant women, and adults, as well as to reduce health care costs and mortality,” according to the speaker's interim charge.
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Reps. Chris Taylor and Terese Berceau: Pregnant women shouldn't be second
Last July, Alicia Beltran, of Jackson, admitted during a prenatal visit that she previously had a prescription drug addiction. Several days later, despite passing a urine test proving she was no longer using drugs, she was arrested, handcuffed …
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Local community council votes down needle exchange
The RV allows addicts to exchange a dirty needle for a clean one, offers testing for Hepatitis C, HIV and pregnancy and offers information about treatment for drug addiction. "We're going to have multiple sites. We want to be down here because we want …
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