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Proposals Emerge to Help Save Heroin Addicts

Proposals emerge to help save heroin addicts
State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker wants to take it one step further and provide the families and caregivers for recovering addicts with Narcan, just in case that addict relapses and overdoses. The bills would also waive liability for anyone applying the …
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Witness: Aptos mom had paranoid thoughts in year leading up to daughter's death
"It appeared to me that she loved her daughter and was willing to do whatever it took to reunify with her." During treatment, most people with drug addiction relapse, Kahoano said. "It's an accepted part of recovery," she said, adding that it isn't …
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Substance Abuse Coverage Required, but Hardly Uniform

Substance abuse coverage required, but hardly uniform
Diane Schiraldi is a former client at Destination Hope outside the Fort Lauderdale facility. / Ana Zangroniz for USA TODAY Insurance plans that cover substance abuse treatment must provide the same level of care and cost sharing as they do for other medical issues, but treatment centers say disagreement over what this means leaves many alcoholics and drug addicts without the coverage they need.
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Attorney General Eric Holder Calls Heroin Addiction ‘an Urgent and Growing … – ThinkProgress

Attorney General Eric Holder Calls Heroin Addiction ‘An Urgent And Growing … – ThinkProgress


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Attorney General Eric Holder Calls Heroin Addiction 'An Urgent And Growing
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On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder warned about the growing scourge of opiate addiction and overdoses while urging law enforcement officials to carry the anti-overdose drug naloxone in a video message posted to the Justice Department's website.
Holder urges use of drug to help in heroin ODsUSA TODAY
Holder Calls Heroin Abuse an Urgent Public Health CrisisBloomberg
Holder: Heroin Addiction a 'Growing Public Health Crisis' in USWWGP 1050 AM

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Fond du Lac County addressing heroin abuse – Fox11online.com

Fond du Lac County addressing heroin abuse
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FOND DU LAC – A dangerous drug problem on the rise across Wisconsin is growing in Fond du Lac County. Community members are coming together this week in a first step to fight heroin addiction. “Two thirds of Americans are affected by addiction in one 

Filming the Truth About Addiction

Filming the truth about addiction
Inside the folder are the release forms for the drug addicts and police officers, lawyers and mental health professionals Tarplin and Robertson are interviewing for their documentary on the opiate epidemic on Cape Cod, "What Happened Here: The Untold …
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Coming About
I found a doctor that would prescribe me Suboxone, which prevents the brain from accepting opiates and quells opiate withdrawal symptoms. Suboxone has even lengthier … It's much easier to swim downstream than it is to try to swim upstream. Today, I …
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Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet – Huffington Post

Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet – Huffington Post

Heroin Users: Not From Another Planet
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I work at Evergreen Treatment Services, a methadone clinic in Seattle. As a physician assistant (PA) for 14 years, I've encountered many both inside and outside the medical communities who don't know what that means and who also think that people who 

Heroin Addiction – Google News

Portage County attempts to cut off heroin addicts’ money source: scrap metal theft – Stevenspointjournal

Portage County attempts to cut off heroin addicts' money source: scrap metal theft
Stevenspointjournal
This picture shows the type of copper wiring stolen in March 2013 in Plover (the copper is in the center of the wire). Copper and other metals are sometimes stolen by drug addicts to pay for their addiction. / photos courtesy Portage County Sheriff's

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Crossroads Produces Play Based on Lake County Heroin Addicts’ Stories (With … – News-Herald.com

Crossroads produces play based on Lake County heroin addicts’ stories (with … – News-Herald.com

Crossroads produces play based on Lake County heroin addicts' stories (with
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Eric Hunter, center, played by Chase Thompson, checks on Hannah Strummer, played by Hilary Barnett, after she overdosed on heroin. At right is Eric Hunter's mind, played by Justin Steck. The play about heroin addiction, "Complete and Total," produced 

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Portage County attempts to cut off heroin addicts’ money source: scrap metal theft – Stevenspointjournal

Portage County attempts to cut off heroin addicts' money source: scrap metal theft
Stevenspointjournal
This picture shows the type of copper wiring stolen in March 2013 in Plover (the copper is in the center of the wire). Copper and other metals are sometimes stolen by drug addicts to pay for their addiction. / photos courtesy Portage County Sheriff's