The Epidemic Began With an Effort to Reduce Pain; for Donna Read, That Effort …
The epidemic began with an effort to reduce pain; For Donna Read, that effort …
I wanted to sleep. It made me depressed.” The decision to prescribe oxycodone was hardly an unusual choice in 2007. That year, some 232,000 oxycodone scripts were filled in Rhode Island, making oxycodone the second most frequently prescribed controlled …
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Naloxone: A lifesaver that is quickly gaining appeal
Registered Nurse Babette Richter holds up a container of the heroin overdose reversal drug naloxone during a South Jersey AIDS Alliance training for laypeople – addicts, family members, and friends – in Camden in February. Naloxone, also known by …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment
Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — 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. EDITOR'S NOTE _ The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman underscored a troubling development: Heroin, long a scourge of the back …
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West Bridgewater Schools Educating Students on Dangers of Bath Salts
West Bridgewater schools educating students on dangers of bath salts
“Since I teach Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) in science class, I work closely with the science teacher, Mrs. Wentzel, in explaining the science of addiction and the brain, especially how it relates to tobacco, heroin and prescription opiates …
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April 7 Letters From Readers: Evaluate all local 'War on Drugs' programs
In 1971, President Nixon, declaring “War on Drugs,” requested congress to pass and fund legislation titled “Drug Abuse Prevention and Control” for the “… prevention of new addicts and the rehabilitation of those addicted.” Legislators, to “prevent …
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Antidote proves successful, but who gets it?
About 20 people, most of them related to overdose victims or people who currently abuse heroin, crowded into a clinic in February in Camden, a drug-plagued city across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, to learn about the antidote. Jane Stiuv, whose …
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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer 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 … |
New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available – The Sentinel
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New device could make heroin overdose antidote more readily available
The Sentinel “In 2013, the number of people entering Cumberland County Prison who needed to undergo Opiate Detox exceeded 450,” Freed added. “Not only is that a huge number, it is double the number of people who needed alcohol detox. That's a staggering and … |
Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Jail Detox Procedures – the Intelligencer
Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures – The Intelligencer
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Inmate deaths raise questions about jail detox procedures
The Intelligencer Among 245 U.S. jails that responded to a 2005 survey on access and management of opiate dependency among inmates more than half reported they routinely assessed individuals for opiate dependency, but many failed to use recommended opiate detox … |
Boston’s only public methadone clinic may shut – Boston Globe
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Boston's only public methadone clinic may shut
Boston Globe They have been to detox probably 50 to 100 times, they always relapse, and they have to find something.” Methadone is a synthetic narcotic that has been used for decades to reduce the craving for opiates, such as heroin, and their withdrawal symptoms. |
South Jersey short on treatment sites for drug addicts – Press of Atlantic City
From Cost and Coverage to Finding a Free Bed, Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment
From cost and coverage to finding a free bed, heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK — 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.
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