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Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers
Boston Globe
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. They gave him an IV flush, and sent him home. Marchese, then 26, and his sister called multiple inpatient clinics only to be told: We have no beds.

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Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use – Elmira Star-Gazette

Waiting lists for addiction treatment grow, as region sees increase in heroin use
Elmira Star-Gazette
The 29-year-old Ithaca man, whose name is being withheld because of the stigma attached to addiction, injected heroin off and on for about six months until not using the drug meant withdrawal symptoms. For Robert, the hook soon wasn't the high. Rather …

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Fairfax Mother of Young Heroin Addict: ‘There Were Clues. but We Had No Clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: ‘There were clues. But we had no clue.’ – Washington Post

Fairfax mother of young heroin addict: 'There were clues. But we had no clue.'
Washington Post
The sentencing last week of a D.C. heroin dealer whose drugs killed three other young adults in Fairfax has cast a harsh light on the problem of addiction in Washington's suburbs. Even in this affluent, well-educated area, young people are jeopardizing

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Heroin Addiction – Google News

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
In many cases the drug is heroin. Its use has reached crisis levels in the region, across the state and nationwide, leading to a spike in the number of overdose deaths and an increased push by legislators for public education and resources for
Experts: 'killer heroin' may be something elseThe Intelligencer

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Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – Insurance News Net (Press Release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – Insurance News Net (press release)

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
Insurance News Net (press release)
A 20-bed detox facility on Coit Street in New London , run by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc. , is in the midst of a $ 900,000 renovation in part to accommodate medical staff for patients suffering the painful effects of

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Cullen: Chronicling a heroin addict’s life – The State


The State

Cullen: Chronicling a heroin addict's life
The State
The withdrawal was hell, and Jonathan said he never wanted to go through anything like that again. But he relapsed, again and again. Eventually he started doing something he vowed he never would: inject heroin. Of his group of 10 friends, one was dead, …

Heroin Users Seeking Treatment May Hit Insurance Barriers – Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers – Boston Globe


Boston Globe

Heroin users seeking treatment may hit insurance barriers
Boston Globe
The doctors shook their heads: Heroin withdrawal is not life-threatening, they said, and we can't admit you. They gave him an IV flush, and sent him home. Marchese, then 26, and his sister called multiple inpatient clinics only to be told: We have no beds.

and more »

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
A 20-bed detox facility on Coit Street in New London, run by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc., is in the midst of a $ 900,000 renovation in part to accommodate medical staff for patients suffering the painful effects of

Heroin Withdrawal – Google News

Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
A 20-bed detox facility on Coit Street in New London, run by Southeastern Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Inc., is in the midst of a $ 900,000 renovation in part to accommodate medical staff for patients suffering the painful effects of

Heroin Detox – Google News

Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram
And they're creeping into the city and buying heroin." … "You get a case manager that helps you navigate welfare, Social Security or housing applications or job applications, or admitting into detox or a halfway house — they're called recovery homes

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Deadly Addiction: Heroin Use, a Tragic Wrong Turn for Prescription Drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug … – TheDay.com

Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug
TheDay.com
Deadly addiction: Heroin use, a tragic wrong turn for prescription drug abusers, on the rise in region. By Greg Smith and Izaskun E. Larrañeta …. Local detox facilities are a starting point for long-term treatment for many. A 20-bed detox facility on

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Heroin Detox – Google News

Recovery advocate: ‘We don’t have a cure for addiction’ – Worcester Telegram

Recovery advocate: 'We don't have a cure for addiction'
Worcester Telegram
And they're creeping into the city and buying heroin." … "You get a case manager that helps you navigate welfare, Social Security or housing applications or job applications, or admitting into detox or a halfway house — they're called recovery homes

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Heroin Detox – Google News