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Former Heroin Addict Tells Her Story as Drug Rips Through State With Overdoses … – NewsNet5.com
Former heroin addict tells her story as drug rips through state with overdoses … – NewsNet5.com
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Former heroin addict tells her story as drug rips through state with overdoses …
NewsNet5.com LAKEWOOD, Ohio – The Heroin epidemic in the state is literally ripping apart families and killing them. The Attorney General's Office released numbers showing in 2012, there were 606 heroin overdose deaths reported. That's up from the previous two … Coming together to reduce the impact of heroin |
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Afghan Heroin Addict Chops Off Wife’s Nose and Lips After She Refused to Give … – TheBlaze.com
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Afghan Heroin Addict Chops Off Wife's Nose and Lips After She Refused to Give …
TheBlaze.com A heroin addict desperate for a fix reportedly cut off his wife's nose and lips with a knife in front of their children in Afghanistan, the BBC and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported. Neighbors found the woman, Sitara, 30, unconscious in her home … |
Help Is Available for Heroin Users – Sandusky Register
Help is available for heroin users – Sandusky Register
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Help is available for heroin users
Sandusky Register What happens, after they leave a center, they pick up on their old activities and learn new habits that make the difference of a person not being able to kick the heroin addiction”. Despite the lack of regional specialized facilities, there's an … |
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Cape May County takes heroin fight to schools – Shore News Today
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Cape May County takes heroin fight to schools
Shore News Today Ed Shim, assistant prosecutor, gave a presentation on heroin addiction to Wildwood Catholic students last week. NORTH WILDWOOD—In a response to the spike in heroin overdoses this year, the county prosecutor's office kicked off a series of … Prosecutor's Office Assembles 'Pills to Heroin' Presentation |
Police Soon Will Carry Heroin Antidote
Police soon will carry heroin antidote
Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato, who spearheaded the project, said he also wants to get the word out that anyone who lives with a person who is battling heroin addiction also is permitted to have Narcan in their home, per a state law …
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Pittsburgh area warned of home-made 'krokodil' heroin
No laboratory-confirmed cases of desomorphine abuse have been reported in the United States, but authorities in several states, including Arizona, Massachusetts and Illinois, reported what they believe is exposure to the drug. Though the recent cases …
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GUEST OPINION: Some welfare reform ideas are impractical
Do we take away over such a commonly used drug that society is increasingly permissive of? How about someone with a drug addiction that is in treatment but has relapsed? We know that drug addiction isn't something that is easily cured by deterrence; it …
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Kennedy Nephew to Speak From Experience on Drug Abuse, Recovery
Kennedy nephew to speak from experience on drug abuse, recovery
He's written several books, including Symptoms of Withdrawal, his story of a glittery upbringing in which he was taught how to do the twist by Marilyn Monroe, heard his uncle announce his candidacy for president and sat on a craps table while his …
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Cape May County seeks input on combating addiction
This was the second forum hosted by county officials to deal with the area's drug problem. Cape May County Prosecutor Robert … One woman said a detox center is one of the things that are needed in the area. In the interim, the Cape Regional Medical …
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Florida Prescription Drug Crackdown Blamed, in Part, for Spike in Heroin Deaths
Florida Prescription Drug Crackdown Blamed, In Part, For Spike In Heroin Deaths
Fewer Floridians died from drug overdose last year than the year before—and the number dying from the prescription painkiller oxycodone dropped by 41 percent. But at the same time, heroin overdose deaths nearly doubled—and people who work with drug …
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South Jersey faces an 'epidemic' of drug–related deaths
Stamped bundles of heroin on display at the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office. Each packet, or dose, can cost as little as $ 5. Under the current law, it takes 1,000 doses of heroin to equal the same 2nd degree penalty for possession 1/2 ounce of cocaine.
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Veterans Administration Hospital Staffers Supplied Cocaine, Heroin to Patients …
Veterans Administration Hospital Staffers Supplied Cocaine, Heroin To Patients …
Staffers at two New Jersey Veterans Administration Hospitals were arrested and charged with dealing heroin and cocaine to patients seeking addiction treatment. Three staffers and four drug dealers working from outside the hospitals were arrested on …
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Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout NJ; skyrocket in Ocean County
"What I think we are seeing is epidemic proportions," said Rebecca Alfaro, director of prevention and training on the Governor's Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. "This is a problem that is getting worse." NEW STRATEGY. Ocean County Prosecutor …
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