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Heroin Withdrawal: Heart disease, drugs remain among the county’s top killers – SignOnSanDiego.com

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Heart disease, drugs remain among the county's top killers SignOnSanDiego.com Six teens died from acute heroin intoxication and one died of heroin withdrawal in 2010 — more than in the past 10 years combined, said Deputy Medical Examiner Jonathan Lucas. “Heroin is back,” Lucas said. While the numbers are small, Lucas warned … REGION: Heroin, meth deaths on rise, officials sayNorth County Times all 14 news articles »

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Heroin Withdrawal: Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions – San Jose Mercury News

Read more... Border strife in Afghanistan shows wider tensions San Jose Mercury News Amerkhail, who earned a reputation for interdicting heroin shipments when he was in charge of security at the Kabul International Airport, offered his resignation to the Afghan interior minister on Thursday to protest NATO's and Pakistan's response to … and more »

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Drugs were a part of music culture long before rock and roll was even an embryo.  But as that embryo began growing up and experimenting with drugs, it began writing music and lyrics about them, and became closely associated with them in the public’s mind.  Sex, drugs and rock and roll—weren’t they what a musician’s life was all about?  Some rockers didn’t mince words when they wrote about drugs, while others left their lyrics open to interpretation.  Here’s a sampling of songs with lyrics describing the seductive—and destructive—power of drugs:

An obvious lyric, right?  Not quite.  Originally written and recorded by J.J. Cale in 1975, the song was hugely popularized by Eric Clapton’s cover version.  But Clapton stresses that the lyrics, “If you wanna get down, down on the ground,” are very anti-cocaine and describe its ravages.  To emphasize that point, Clapton later added the lyrics, “that dirty cocaine,” during his concerts.    Read more...

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Heroin Addiction: Dealing with addiction to the ‘war on drugs’
Earlier this month a spate of reports and commentaries came out on the failure of the U.S. “war on drugs,” beginning with the Global Commission on Drug Policy flatly stating the war “has failed.” Perusing them, I thought of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. I used to go there every Christmas to visit my mother-in-law, until her death two years ago, just before her centennial birthday.
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Heroin Addiction: Dr. Drew And Jenn Gimenez Talk Celebrity Rehab 5 Episode 1
Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew is back for a fifth season, and we’re lucky enough to have the opportunity to talk about the show with Dr. Drew and some of the other staff at the Pasadena Recovery Center to get an inside look at the rehabilitation process. This week on the show, we met most […]
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Several recent tragedies have occurred in our community. A death due to prescription drug addiction and overdose, other recent prescription drug overdoses resulting in hospitalization, one a probable suicide attempt, one resulting in brain damage, and several non-fatal overdoses are affecting many lives. Countless other drug users are walking around and <i>driving</i>, on the same roads as you and I, stoned, loaded on their legal drugs. The disease of drug addiction (alcoholism is just alcohol addiction) is treatable. The excruciating pain to the family, as well as to the addict himself, that results from the consequences of addiction <i>can be resolved</i>.    Read more...

Heroin Withdrawal: Timur Isakov: There is no region in Kyrgyzstan that is free from drugs transit – 24

Timur Isakov: There is no region in Kyrgyzstan that is free from drugs transit 24 “But significant part stays in the republic. Annual average volume only of heroin withdrawal is 5 tones and consumption is 11 tones. Not more than 400 kilos are withdrawn in Kyrgyzstan, but consumption reaches up to several tones,” Timur Isakov added.

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Heroin Addiction: US docs are overprescribing drugs, study finds
U.S. doctors are too quick to reach for their prescription pads, according to a new report urging them to think more about side effects and non-drug alternatives.
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Heroin Addiction: Banditt Productionz – Heroin Addiction (Instrumental) [7/7]

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