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Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: ‘CSI’ Star — Charged for ‘Hillbilly Heroin’
Filed under: Gary Dourdan , Celebrity Justice , Deadline Former ” CSI ” star Gary Dourdan has been charged with drug possession — after officials determined he was carrying oxycontin when he smashed into several parked cars in Hollywood on June 13. The L.A. City Attorney tells TMZ … Dourdan was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. Initially, cops believed Dourdan was in …
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Heroin Addiction: Officials Warn of New Synthetic Drug
Officials in Tazewell County are warning about the dangers of an increasingly popular synthetic drug that has been blamed for several overdoses in the county.
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Heroin Addiction: Report shows painkiller deaths rising at shocking rate
A new report by the CDC shows a dramatic increase in the number of prescription drug overdose deaths.
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Heroin Addiction in the News

Heroin Addiction: THE WAR ON DRUGS Part 3
I would like to provide a statement from Daniel Amen as I continue my response to the document “War on Drugs—Report of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.”
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Heroin Addiction: Opinion: Portugal takes proper approach to ‘drug war’
Everyone knows that the war on drugs is a failure.
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Heroin Addiction: Report shows painkiller deaths rising at shocking rate
A new report by the CDC shows a dramatic increase in the number of prescription drug overdose deaths.
Read more on Bay News 9 Tampa Bay

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Heroin abuse amongst adolescents and teenagers

Over the last few years, law enforcement officials and drug addiction treatment professionals have noticed a disturbing reoccurrence. Although heroin use and heroin addiction has decreased overall, there has been a dramatic increase in the level of heroin use and heroin addiction in adolescents and teens.

As a result of this recent discovery, a study has been carried out in order to indentify a few particular trends that may possibly be responsible for the increased heroin use amongst our teens. Studies that were carried out in Chicago, Mobile, NY City, and Portland, have shown that the easy accessibility of prescription opiate based painkillers is the most likely culprit   leading to heroin addiction. As for now, the diminishing use amongst adult heroin addicts has shifted the focus of drug dealers to the teenage population.    Read more...